Sanskrit scholar Pandit Rewa Prasad Dwivedi passed away

The Prime Minister of India expressed deep grief over the passing away of noted Sanskrit scholar, Pandit Rewa Prasad Dwivedi Ji.

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Rewa Prasad Dwivedi (born 1935 – 2021) was a Sanskrit scholar, poet, writer, teacher, and critic.

His original works include poetry as epics and lyrics, plays, and prose. He wrote new literature under the pseudonym “sanatana”, meaning ‘the eternal’.

His most significant works, Sitacaritam and Svatantryasambhavam are two epic poems. He has written extensively on Sahityasastra (Poetics) and produced such great works as Kavyalankarakarika, Natyanusasanam, and Sahityasarirakam.

In the early 1980s, Dwivedi organized the World Sanskrit Conference at Banaras Hindu University.

He was honoured with Sahitya Akademi Award, 1991 for his Svatantryasambhava, an epic poem.

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