Sarasvati Susama

Sārasvati Susamā Sanskrit: सारस्वती सुषमा (Quarterly Sanskrit Research Journal) established in 1942 and published quarterly, the Sārasvati Susamā has long been considered the premier journal of Sanskrit .^[1].

Origin

Sārasvati Susamā was initially published from Government Sanskrit College, Benares in 1942. The editors were:

• Dr. Mangal Dev Shastri
• Tribhuvan Prasad Upadhyay
• Kubernath Shukla

Reputation

During 1958, this college merged into Sampurnanand Sanskrit University. Thereafter this journal was published by the Director, Research Institute, Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi, India.^[2].

Editors

From 1957 editors of the journal are

S.No.	Name of Editor	Period	No. of Years
1.	Kshetresa Chandra Chattopadhyaya	1957-1965	8
2.	Baldev Upadhyaya	1966-1968	2
3.	Badarinath Shukla	1968-1970	2
4.	Dr. B.P.T. Vagish Shastri	1970-1996	26
5.	Dr. Adya Prasad Mishra	1996-1997	1
6.	Dr. Shrikant Pandey	1997-1998	1
7.	Dr. Rahas Bihari Dwevedi	1999-2000	1
8.	Dr. Rajaram Shukla	2001 onwards till date	6

Nature of Publication

Sārasvati Susamā publishes articles on the following topics.^[3].

• Research articles on oriental learnings.
• Research articles on Pali, Prakrit, Apabhramsa and Culture.
• Unpublished small manuscripts edited by scholars.
• Criticism of the books.
• Continuation work on Purana Index.
• Other treaties.

References

1. ^ George Cardona, PANINI, A survey of research, Mouton & Co., B.V. Publisher, The Hauge, 1976.
2. ^ R.N. Dandekar, VEDIC BIBLIOGRAPHY Vol.I, Vol. II, Vol. III, Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona. Government Oriental Series, 1973.
3. ^ Baldeva Upadhyay, Kashi ki Panditya Parampara, Vishwavidyalaya Prakashan, Varanasi, 1983.