Agartala, Mar 04, 2024, TRIPURA TIMES Desk

Agartala, Mar 04: Governor Indrasena Reddy Nallu attended the closing programme of a workshop on Pali Teaching and Literature at Central Sanskrit University, Ekalavya Campus on Monday.

The Governor opined that Sanskrit embeds it itself the vast trove of knowledge and is the most scientific language.

Further, he highlighted various career opportunities for Sanskrit learners. The Governor even highlighted various interdisciplinary research dimensions for Sanskrit scholars and referred to translation work as another vast dimension with potentiality of generating employment for Sanskrit learners.

The Governor added that Pali as a language of Buddhist canonical and non-canonical texts is an inevitable part of the Indian Knowledge System and all the Higher Educational Institutions must adopt the proper strategy for promotion of the same.

He congratulated the Central Sanskrit University for organizing such kinds of academic events.

Prof. Prabhat Kumar Mohapatra, Director of the Campus, delivered the welcome address whereas Dr. Uttam Singh, Assistant Professor (Bouddha Darshan) from CSU, Lucknow Campus, presented the report of the 30-day workshop.

Prof. Shrinivasa Varakhedi, Vice-Chancellor of Central Sanskrit University, New Delhi also attended the session. He commented that Sanskrit has the potential of becoming the language of Bharat.

He said that Bharat is the confluence of three languages- Sanskrit, Pali and Prakrit. He opined that the Central Sanskrit University, Ekalavya Campus is totally dedicated to the local people of Tripura.

Besides, he said that the Northeast region is the fertile ground of Buddhist philosophy and this conducive phenomenon will disseminate the message of humanity contained in the Pali literature and philosophy for the welfare of human beings.

Prof. Awadesh Kumar Chaubey, Head of the Department of Buddha Darshan and Pali, Ekalavya Campus, delivered the vote of thanks.

In the 30-day-long workshop dignitaries, resource persons and participants took part from various parts of the country.

All the staff and students of the campus remained present in the valedictory session. The session was coordinated by Dr. Ganeshwar Nath Jha, Assistant Professor (Vyakaran).