Creative writing in Sanskrit stressed

Tirupati: One should have seven births to become a Sanskritist and young Sanskrit writers should take the task of creative writing. It would not be enough to read Sanskrit but should make writings and get the appreciations of everyone, opined former Vice-Chancellor of Sampoornand Sanskrit University (SSU), Varanasi and Convener, Sanskrit Advisory Board of Sahitya Akademi Prof Abhiraja Rajendra Mishra.

Addressing the two-day ‘All India Sanskrit Young Writers Meet’ at Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha (RSVP) here on Friday he said, one can do many wonders with Sanskrit. The literature of Sanskrit is having nine branches and this language is considered to be very vast in length and breadth like an ocean.

The narration or rendering of writer can be seen in Banabhatta’s ‘Kadambari’ where he elucidated number of descriptions of forest, mountains and so on. Similarly, another doyen from Sanskrit Bhartrihari advocated that ‘Apare Kavya Samsaare Kavireva Prajapatih’ which means that only a writer is creator of the things in literary field.

Eminent Sanskrit scholar from Samskrita Bharati, Bengaluru, Janardhana Hegde advocated that to become a prolific writer one should put in his mind three things – the subject, description and language. These three would enhance the writings of the writer. By different experiences, the plot of the subject should be made by the writer which should be kept in mind by all the youngsters.

The Vice-Chancellor of RSVP Prof V Muralidhara Sharma said that Sanskrit language is becoming powerful nowadays on globe. In India, this language is predominant from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. Such meets would definitely encourage the budding talents to contribute something which they want to put forth themselves for the literature.

The two-day event aimed at providing a platform to the young Sanskrit writers to deliberate on various aspects of Sanskrit in contemporary time. As many as 40 youngsters from all over the country are participating in the workshop.

At the beginning, a welcome note was presented by Secretary of Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, K Srinivasa Rao. He assured that the Sahitya Akademi was keen on extracting hidden talents of youngsters, who can excel on par with elders. Dean of Academic affairs Prof RL Narasimha Sastry, Coordinators Dr Bharathbhushan Rath, Dr Yasaswee, Registrar in-charge Prof GSR Krishnamurthy, Prof MLN Murthy, Prof J Ramakrishna, Prof S Dakshinamurthy Sarma and others took part.