Contributions to Sanskrit Criticism

by Siddheswar Jena (Ed.)

Prof. Anam Charan Swain who was Professor and Head of the Department of Sanskrit for long twelve years at Utkal University, Bhubaneswar is the recipient of President's Award of Certificate of Honour.  His papers show a deep insight into Vedic and Puranic problems.  We are sure, the students of Sanskrit language and literature as well as the general readers will be immensely benefited by this present collection of his papers.

About the Author:

Dr. Siddheswar Jena is, at present, working as the Head of the Deptt. Of Sanskrti at N.C. Autonomous College, Jaipur. His outstanding contribution to the field of Puranic study is 'Narasimha Purana- A Study' and 'English Translation of Narasimha Purana' published in the year 1987. His monograph titled 'Textual Correlation of Narasimha Purana with other Puranas and Sanskrit Texts' published in 1997 shows the textual borrowing of the Narasimha Purana from divergent sources. The present work contains a thorough critical study of some Puranic legends.