Sanskrit
DAILY NEWS PAPER IN SANSKRIT
Kalale Nadadur Varadaraja Iyengar, a Sanskrit scholar, launched this paper in the year 1970 with a goal of propagating the language. He was also a publisher of Sanskrit books and the Sanskrit moving types that were sometimes lying idle with him were another motivation for starting the newspaper.When he discussed his venture with others, he had to face the wrath of skeptics who warned him of his ‘misadventure’ and predicted the newspaper’s doom. This was because not many people believed that the Sanskrit language had a vocabulary sufficient enough to cover contemporary and complex day-to-day activities and developments. He was, however, supported in his venture by Agaram Rangaiah, who was an editor of a Kannadanewspaper and also by P. Nagachar, who was a former Joint Director of Information. Ignoring the skeptics, Varadaraja Iyengar published the first issue of Sudharma on July 14, 1970 from a location called ‘Ganapathi Totti’ in Maharaja’s Sanskrit College. He was also instrumental in starting a Sanskrit news bulletin on All India Radio by convincing I. K. Gujral, the then Minister of Information and Broadcasting in the Government of India. Varadaraja Iyengar died in 1990. The paper is currently published out of a press in the Ramachandra Agrahara locality of Mysore.
Circulation: The majority of the subscribers of the newspaper are Sanskrit scholars and students. The paper has a daily circulation of about 2000 copies. It has an annual subscription fee of Rs. 400 (about $7.5) and is circulated via post to academic institutions, public libraries and to readers throughout India. The paper is also subscribed to by readers in countries like Japan and the U.S.A with an annual overseas subscription fee of $50.
Current scenario: The profit gained by circulating the newspaper is negligible but Sampath Kumar wants to continue publishing the newspaper because of his passion for journalism and the Sanskrit language. He has had to struggle to keep the publication afloat. The paper has also helped its readers to learn and improve their knowledge of the language. On 15 July 2011, the 42nd anniversary of the paper’s publication was celebrated in Mysore. A unique feature of the celebration was that all speeches were in Sanskrit, which is a rarity, and two Sanskrit scholars were honoured on that occasion. This newspaper is available online as well.
Circulation: The majority of the subscribers of the newspaper are Sanskrit scholars and students. The paper has a daily circulation of about 2000 copies. It has an annual subscription fee of Rs. 400 (about $7.5) and is circulated via post to academic institutions, public libraries and to readers throughout India. The paper is also subscribed to by readers in countries like Japan and the U.S.A with an annual overseas subscription fee of $50.
Current scenario: The profit gained by circulating the newspaper is negligible but Sampath Kumar wants to continue publishing the newspaper because of his passion for journalism and the Sanskrit language. He has had to struggle to keep the publication afloat. The paper has also helped its readers to learn and improve their knowledge of the language. On 15 July 2011, the 42nd anniversary of the paper’s publication was celebrated in Mysore. A unique feature of the celebration was that all speeches were in Sanskrit, which is a rarity, and two Sanskrit scholars were honoured on that occasion. This newspaper is available online as well.
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Indologica Taurinensia
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Links to Sanskrit Resources
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& SanskritPronunciation: Booklet & Audio
Sanskrit Documents
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on the Eve of Colonialism
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World's Only Sanskrit Daily NewspaperTransliteration Fonts
University of British Columbia's
Sanskrit Learning Tools
Charles Wikner's Practical Sanskrit Introductory
"Gayatri Mantra"
"Om Jai Jagdish Hare"
"Om Gam Ganapatayei Namaha"
"Om Shrim Maha Lakshmiyei Swaha"
"Om Dum Durgayei Namaha"
"Sarasvati Beej Mantra"
"Shiva Rudram"
"Shiva Sahasranama Mantra"
"Shiva Stuti"
"Shri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram"
Banaras - "Om Namah Shivaya"
Krishna Das - "Om Namah Shivaya"
Madonna - "Cyberraga"
Madonna - "Shanti-Ashtangis"
SuperHeavy - "Satyameva Jayathe"
American Oriental Society
American Sanskrit Institute
Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries
Devanagari Alphabet
Devanagari Pronunciation & Transliteration
and
Pronunciation Guide PDF
Devanagari Script Tutor
Digital Corpus of Sanskrit
Digital South Asia Library | Digital Dictionaries of South Asia
Free Indological Collection
French Institute of Pondicherry
and
Brahmanical Culture in Ancient India
Indologica Taurinensia
The Journal of the International
Association of Sanskrit StudiesInternational Association of Sanskrit Studies (IASS)
Language Gulper's Sanskrit Page
Learn Sanskrit Online
Learn Sanskrit through Self Study
Links to Sanskrit Resources
Monier Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Omniglot: Sanskrit
Portland Hindi
& SanskritPronunciation: Booklet & Audio
Sanskrit Documents
Sanskrit Heritage Site
Sanskrit Language Classes for Adults
Bodhi Tree Center
Sanskrit Knowledge Systems
on the Eve of Colonialism
Sanskrit Library
Sanskrit Studies USA
Sanskrit Studies Worldwide
Sanskrit Texts & Stotras
Search and Retrieval of Indic Texts (SARIT)
Sudharma
World's Only Sanskrit Daily NewspaperTransliteration Fonts
University of British Columbia's
Sanskrit Learning Tools
Charles Wikner's Practical Sanskrit Introductory
"Gayatri Mantra"
"Om Jai Jagdish Hare"
"Om Gam Ganapatayei Namaha"
"Om Shrim Maha Lakshmiyei Swaha"
"Om Dum Durgayei Namaha"
"Sarasvati Beej Mantra"
"Shiva Rudram"
"Shiva Sahasranama Mantra"
"Shiva Stuti"
"Shri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram"
Banaras - "Om Namah Shivaya"
Krishna Das - "Om Namah Shivaya"
Madonna - "Cyberraga"
Madonna - "Shanti-Ashtangis"
SuperHeavy - "Satyameva Jayathe"