Central Sanskrit University, Shri Sadashiv Campus, Puri
केन्द्रीय संस्कृत विश्वविद्यालय, श्री सदाशिव परिसर, पुरी
- Established
- 15 August 1971 (as a Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha)
- Type
- College
- Location
- Puri, Odisha
About
The Puri campus of Central Sanskrit University, formerly the Odisha government's Sadashiva Sanskrit College. It runs courses from Prak Shastri to Acharya and Ph.D. in eleven departments, from Sahitya, Navya Vyakarana and Dharma Shastra to both branches of Jyotisha, Advaita Vedanta, Sankhya-Yoga and Navya Nyaya.
Courses & areas of study
- Prak Shastri, Shastri (B.A.), Acharya (M.A.)
- Vidyavaridhi (Ph.D.)
- Departments: Sahitya, Navya Vyakarana, Dharma Shastra, Puranetihasa, Siddhanta Jyotisha, Phalita Jyotisha, Advaita Vedanta, Sankhya Yoga, Navya Nyaya, Sarvadarshana, Shiksha Shastra
History
The Sadashiva Sanskrit College
The Sadashiva Sanskrit College, Puri, run by the Government of Odisha and known for its long involvement in traditional Sanskrit study, was taken over by the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan on 15 August 1971 and renamed Shri Sadashiva Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha. When the Sansthan became a deemed university it became its Shri Sadashiva Campus, and it is now a campus of the Central Sanskrit University.
The campus
The campus stands on 15.30 acres, with a main building, a library building, a girls' hostel, staff quarters and an auditorium, and has a further 12 acres set aside for a stadium, boys' hostels and a gym. Besides the traditional shastras, Hindi, English, Odia, History, Mathematics and computer education are taught at Prak Shastri and Shastri level.