Central Sanskrit University, Rajiv Gandhi Campus, Sringeri
केन्द्रीय संस्कृत विश्वविद्यालय, राजीव गांधी परिसर, शृंगेरी
- Established
- 13 January 1992
- Type
- College
- Location
- Sringeri, Karnataka
About
The Sringeri campus of Central Sanskrit University, founded in 1992 near the Sri Sharada Peetham, with Sanskrit as the medium of instruction. It teaches Vyakarana, Jyotisha, Mimamsa, Nyaya, Vedanta and Sahitya from Prak Shastri to Acharya and Ph.D., with B.Ed. and a diploma in Vastu.
Courses & areas of study
- Prak Shastri, Shastri (B.A.), Acharya (M.A.)
- Shiksha Shastri (B.Ed.)
- Vidyavaridhi (Ph.D.)
- Shastras taught: Vyakarana, Jyotisha, Mimamsa, Nyaya, Vedanta, Sahitya
- Diploma in Vastu Shastra
- Distance education (Swadhyaya Kendra)
History
Founded in 1992
The Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan established the Rajiv Gandhi Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha at Sringeri on 13 January 1992. Its foundation stone was laid by Jagadguru Sri Bharati Teertha Mahaswamiji of the Sringeri Sharada Peetham in the presence of President R. Venkataraman and Union Minister Arjun Singh. It became a campus when the Sansthan was declared a deemed university in 2002, and is now a campus of the Central Sanskrit University.
Learning in Sanskrit, beside the Peetham
Sringeri, associated with the sages Vibhandaka and Rishyashringa and with the Sharada Peetham founded by Adi Shankaracharya, gives the campus its setting. Sanskrit is the medium of instruction and of everyday communication; the Vagvardhini Parishad, the Sharada lecture series and the Vakyartha Parishad train students in spoken Sanskrit and shastric debate. Students receive a midday meal, Sharada Prasada, from the Sringeri Math, and toppers are awarded the Jagadguru Sri Bharati Teertha gold medal. The campus has 10.2 acres, with boys' and girls' hostels.