Contemporary Sanskrit Writings in Orissa

Contents: Preface. I. The age of classicism: Introduction. 1. Ganeshwar Rath. 2. Yatiraj Acharya. 3. Ananta Tripathi Sharma. 4. Ramanath Mishra. 5. Banamal i Acharya. 6. Jayakrushna Mishra. 7. Pundarikaksha Mishra. II. The age of transition: 8. Digambar Mohapatra. 9. Narayan Rath. 10. Umakant Panda. 11. Brajabandhu Mishra. 12. Bhagirathi Nanda Sharma. 13. Govinda Chandra Mishra. 14. Bhagavat Prasad Dash Sharma. 15. Laxmidhar Dwivedi. 16. Bharat Chandra Nath. 17. Kshirod Chandra Dash. 18. Prafulla Kumar Mishra. III. The age of experiments: 19. Keshab Chandra Dash. 20. Pramod Chandra Mishra. 21. Surendra Mohan Mishra. 22. Laxman Charan Bishwal. 23. Bar mali Bishwal. 24. Rabindra Kumar Panda. 25. Pramod Kumar Nayak. 26. Keshab Chandra Mohapatra. 27. Narayan Dash. 28. Conclusion. 29. Bibliography.

"The present book \'Contemporary Sanskrit Writings in Orissa\' is a product of analytical research as a part of major thrust area of research under the SAP - DRS programme of UGC in the Department of Sanskrit, Dr. H.S. Gour University, Sagar. It deciphers the current trends of Sanskrit literature in India taking Orissa as a specimen. The literary works of twentyseven Sanskrit writers of Orissa who have lived or have been living beyond 1975 are discussed here to conclude that Sanskrit literature is steadily heading towards modernity to be at par with any other language in India." (jacket)