Ramji Thakur

Indian writer

Ramji Thakur is a Sanskrit poet. He won Sahitya Akademi Award in 2012^[1] for his work Laghupadyahprabandhatrayi.^[2]

Early life

He was born in Phulgama province of Nepal. The Vaishnavic poet Govinda Thakur and his step brother, the famous poet Ruchikar were his ancestors. His gurus included Lakhshminath Jha, V.R.Sharma and Pt.Shobhakant Jayadev Jha.

He completed his Acharya from Bihar Sanskrit Samiti, Patna 1956 with a gold medal. He earned an M.A.in 1960 from Bihar University, Muzaffarpur and Ph.D. in 1981 from Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga with the topic: बाणभटस्य रचनासु प्र॓ક્ષIविलास.

Career

He served as lecturer in Purnima Ramapratap Sanskrit college, Baigani, Darbhanga from 1964 to 1972.

He taught at Maharaj Lakshmi Singh college from 1972 to 1989.

Personal life

The poet retired from the Sanskrit department of Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga.

Books

KHANDKAAVYAM:-

Vaidehi padankam 1998
Radha Viraham 1998
Prem Rahasyam 2003
Baneshwari Charitam 2004
Govind Charitamritam 2005
Matristanyam 2007

KAAVYAAM

Geetimadhuri 2009

MUKTKAAVYAM

Aryavilaasah 2009
Laghupadyahprabandhatrayi 2010
Kaavyakoshah 2011
Paryay Charitam Kavyam 2015
Amritmanthanam 2016^[3]

References

^ "News article on the award winners of 2012" (PDF).
^ Thakur, Ramji (2010). Laghupadyaprabandhatrayi (PDF). Industrial area, Janakpuri, New delhi-110058: Rashtriya Sanskrit sansthan. p. 75. ISBN 978-93-86111-60-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
^ Amritmanthanam. New Delhi-110064, Phone no.-9999889290: Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan. 2016. p. 142. ISBN 978-93-85791-05-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)

Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit

1950–1970

History of Dharmaśāstra by P. V. Kane (1956)
Vaidik Vijnan aur Bhartiya Sanskriti by Giridhar Sharma Chaturvedi (1961)
A History of Dvait School of Vedanta and its Literature by B. N. Krishnamurti Sharma (1963)
Tantrik Vangmaya Men Shaktadrishti by Gopinath Kaviraj (1964)
Bhoja's Sringara Prakasa by V. Raghavan (1966)
Chitrakavya Kautukam by Ramaroop Pathak (1967)
Srigurugovindasimhacharitam by Satya Vrat Shastri (1968)
Shabdatarangini by V. Subramanya Sastri (1970)

1971–1980

Sritilakayasornavah by Madhav Shrihari Aney (1973)
Shrishivarajyodayam by S.B. Warnekar (1974)
Buddhavijayakavyam by Shanti Bhikshu Shastri (1977)
Keralodayah by K. N. Ezhuthachan (1979)
Kristubhagavatam by P. C. Devassia (1980)

1981–1990

Kapishayani by Jagannath Pathak (1981)
Visvabhanu by P. K. Narayana Pillai (1982)
Shri Shambulingeswar Vijaya Campu by Pandharinathacharya Galagali (1983)
Sindhu-Kanya by Shrinath S. Hasurkar (1984)
Vindhyavasini Vijaya Mahakavyam by Vasant Trimbak Shevde (1985)
Sri Radhacarita Mahakavyam by Kalika Prasad Shukla (1986)
Avinasi by Biswanarayan Shastri (1987)
Ikshugandha by Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra (1988)
Sandhya by Ram Karan Sharma (1989)
Srimat-Pratap Ranayanam Mahakavyam by Ogeti Parikshit Sharma (1990)

1991–2000

Svatantrya Sambhavam by Rewa Prasad Dwivedi (1991)
Bhishma Chiritam by Hari Narayan Dikshit (1992)
Jayantika by Jaggu Alwar Iyengar (1993)
Sandhanam by Radhavallabh Tripathi (1994)
Sri Radha Panchashati by Rasik Vihari Joshi (1995)
Isha by Keshab Chandra Dash (1996)
Triveni by Shyam Dev Parashar (1997)
Pratanini by Bachchoolal Awasthi (1998)
Tadeva Gaganam Saivadhara by Srinivas Rath (1999)
Jagadguru Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Vijayam by S. Srinivasa Sarma (2000)