About The Institution
Sanskrit Sahitya Parishad (Institute of Oriental Learning and Research)
(Registered Under the act XXI of 1860)
The Sanskrit Sahitya Parishat established in 1916, is a registered public Institute whose aims and objects are to disseminate Sanskrit learning and research in different branches of Indological studies and to store and maintain the ancient culture and glories of India.
In the year 1907 (1314 B.S.) a few lovers of Sanskritic culture in the northern part of Calcutta founded ‘Bagbazar Chātra Samiti’ with a view to popularise our ancient heritage. The two Sanskrit dramas Abhijñānaśakuntalam and Uttararāmacaritam were enacted by them. After a few years a group of students of Mulajor Sanskrit College also staged Veṇisaṃāhra in Sanskrit which was highly appreciated. In 1916 (1323 B.S., 21st Śravana) these two groups of students founded ‘Vaṅgīya Chātra Samiti’ with the same purpose, which after five months of activities was renamed as ‘Sanskrit Sahitya Parishat’ At first in a room of student’s library at Kolkata’s Bagbazaar area later in a rented second floor apartment at 27 R.G. Kar Road, Sanskrita Sahitya Parishat was established. By accumulating books and manuscripts from various places, the person who appeared most exhilarated and enthusiastic about the library was Pt. Janakinath Shastri . Later, on the request of the members of Sanskrit Sahitya Parishat, the then Mayor of Kolkata, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose had sanctioned a piece of land at 168/1 Raja Dinendra Street for Sanskrit Sahitya Parishat . Consequently the members of Sanskrit Sahitya Parishat opined to build up a house for proper maintenance of books and manuscripts. The construction of the building of Sanskrit Sahitya Parishat started in 1938 A.D. But at that time the Second World War was going on. So the construction work became delayed. Finally after the completion of the construction of the building in the year 1952 A.D. in the month of August. The academic work of Sanskrit Sahitya Parishat started regularly at first in the ground floor then in the second and afterwords in the third floor. Today this Sanskrit Sahitya Parishat is a treasure trove of knowledge which gives benefit to numerous students, teachers, professors and the scholars whoever comes and uses the books and manuscripts of this library. For the students of the colleges and the Universities this Institute is the best friend supplying all the books they are in need of; for the research the best possible editions in all their reprint are readily available and readers even if they are not member of the Institute are allowed the privilege of getting at a time as many books as they are in need of. Xerox copies, photocopies and scanned copies are also made available where the books are rare and out of print. Library–servicing is of encouraging nature and that accounts for the great and ever-increasing demand for membership. The functions of Sanskrit Sahitya Parishat are divided into the following categories:
Membership
| Admission Fee: | Rs. 120.00 |
| *Subscription Fee: | Rs. 180.00 |
| Total | Rs. 300.00 |
| * For One Year [12(months) x Rs. 15.00] = Rs. 180.00 | |
- Deposit for One Book : Rs. 250.00 [Two hundred and fifty only]
- Deposit for Two Books : Rs. 500.00 [Five hundred only]
Activities in Sanskrit Sahitya Parishat
Conservation, Digitization & Preservation of manuscripts
Academic Courses
The Sanskrit Sahitya Parishat has been serving various academic purposes from its beginning like conducting classes of different subjects. There is a TOL (Catuṣpāthī) department where the renowned scholars like Shrimohan Tarkatirtha, Dinanath Tripathi, Ashutosh Nyayacharya, Bireshwar Smritirtha, Siddheswar Panchatirtha etc. previously taught. Now a days two academic courses - Sanskrit language & learning and Paurohitya are running regularly. The Courses of more subjects are in demand also.
Research Projects
Dictionary Of Dialects and Sub Dialects of North and North East India, a research project was undertaken in collaboration with Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi, based on the MOU with Prof. Radha Vallabh Tripathi, The then Vice Chancellor, from 2010 to 2013. The Dictionary was proposed in the form of Sanskrit terms and there equivalents in Odia, Bengali, Bhojpuri and English. This project included the following dialects and sub dialects at the first stage:
- Bhojpuri
- Awadhi
- Maithili
- Bagheki
- Bundelkhandi
- Bangla
- Odia
Anasuya Bhowmik : While doing her research work she located a manuscript of Vahnipurana in Sanskrit Sahitya Parishat library, which was very useful to prepare the critical edition of the Vahnipurana.
The facilities of SSP helped her also to prepare the critical edition of Vastumandana which was sponsored and published by IGNCA, New Delhi.
Pradip Kumar Majumder : On the financial assitance from the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (presently Central Sanskrit University) a project of five years’ term for “A Dictionary of Sanskrit – English Technical terms” in five volumes was undertaken in 2009. A very laudable effort that several volumes of Sanskrit English Dictionary of Technical terms on various specialised subjects like Mathematics, Astronomy , Geometry have been proposed to be published. The first volume was published in 2009 and the second and third volume is in process of publication. The second volume on Astronomy and the third volume on Architecture are in the process of publication. The entire project is being supervised by Prof. Pradip Kumar Majumdar along with the assistants - Bulbul Chakraborty , Rina Dutta , Rajib Chakraborty and Subrata Mondal. The topic of the 4th volume of the Dictionary is on medical science and there is also a proposal of more volumes on Chemistry, Botany , Zoology, etc. In this book terms are noted in Sanskrit language in Devanagari script, then the meaning in English and where ever possible the synonymous words are presented with explanation. The source books are also mentioned as per requirement. According to necessity, the History , Etymology, Mathematical deduction , Philosophical concepts are also noted here with references.
Seminar, Conferences & Special lectures
Publishing Journals
Publishing Books
Providing latest & rare books to the user for reading purpose according to his /her demand
Present Executive Committee Of Sanskrit Sahitya Parishat (2022- )
President
Shri. Tapati Mukhopadhaya
Vice-Presidents
Shri Gopal Misra
Shri Santinath Ghosh
Secretary
Shri Ruma Bandyopadhyay
Asst. Secretaries
Shri Dipankar Mukherjee
Shri Loknath Chakraborty
Shri Tarak Nath Adhikari
Treasurer
Shri Bidyut Baran Bandyopadhyay
Patrika Editor
Shri Dhananjay Chakraborty
Members
- Shri Bandana Mukherjee
- Shri Bijaya Goswami
- Shri Biman Kumar Bhattacharya
- Shri Debdas Mondal
- Shri Krishnakali Bhattacharya
- Shri Monidipa Das
- Shri Naba Narayan Bandyopadhyay
- Shri Oli Bhattacharya
- Shri Parvati Chakraborty
- Shri Pradip Kumar Majumder
- Shri Ratna Basu
- Shri Samiran Chakraborty
- Shri Sanjit Bhattqacharya
- Shri Siuli Basu
Library Consultant
Ashis Chakraborty
Library staff
Dr. Bulbul Chakraborty, Mithu Rakhit
Office Staff
Susanta Das, Lakshan Dey
Executive Committee Of Sanskrit Sahitya Parishat (2019- 2022)
President
Dr. Tapati Mukhopadhyay
Vice-Presidents
Dr. Gopal Misra
Prof. Santinath Ghosh
Secretary
Dr. Ruma Bandyopadhyay
Asst. Secretaries
Dr.Taraknath Adhikari
Dr. Loknath Chakraborty
Prof. Dipankar Mukherjee
Treasurer
Dr.Tamonash Chakraborty
Patrika Editor
Dr. Ratna Basu
Members
- Dr. Samiran Chandra Chakrabarti
- Dr.Debabrata Mukhopadhyay
- Dr. Rita Chattopadhyay
- Prof. Dhananjay Chakraborty
- Biman Kumar Bhattacharya
- Prof. Nabanarayan Bandyopadhyay
- Dr. Parbaty Chakraborty
- Dr. Krishnakali Bhattacharya
- Sanjit Bhattacharya
- Pandit Bidyut Baran Bandyopadhyay
- Ali Bhattacharya
- Dr. Siuli Basu
- Dr. Manidipa Das
- Dr. Debdas Mondal
Library Consultant
Ashis Chakraborty
Library staff
Dr. Bulbul Chakraborty, Mithu Rakhit
Office Staff
Susanta Das, Lakshan Dey
Former Presidents, Vice–Presidents, Secretaries Of Sanskrit Sahitya Parishat (1916 - 2018)
Presidents
| Name | Christian Era AD | B.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Mahāmahopādhyāya Kaliprasanna Vidyāratna, M.A. | 1916 - 1923 | 1323 - 1330 |
| Mahāmahopādhyāya Durgacharan Sāmkhya –Vedānta- Tīrtha | 1927 – 1947 | 1334 – 1354 |
| Justice Bijan Kumar Mukhopadhyaya, M.A., D.L. | 1948 – 1953 | 1355 – 1360 |
| Dr.Jnana Chandra Ghosh, D.Sc. F.N.I., Padmavibhūṣaṇa | 1954 – 1960 | 1361 – 1366 |
| Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterjee, M.A., D.Litt. F.A.S., PadmaVibhūṣaṇa, National Professor, India. | 1960 - | 1366 - |
| Gourinath Shastri | 1987 - 1988 | 1394 - 1395 |
| Mahamahopadhyaya Kali Prasnna Bhattacharya | 1988 – 1989 | 1395 - 1396 |
| Anantalal Thakur | 1998 – 1999 | 1405 - 1406 |
| Prof. Ramaranjan Mukherji | 2006 -2007 | 1413 - 1414 |
| Prof. Ramaranjan Mukherji | 2008 -2009 | 1415 - 1416 |
| Prof. Ramaranjan Mukherji | 2009 -2010 | 1416 - 1417 |
| Prof. Satya Ranjan Banerjee | 2014 – 2016 | 1421 - 1423 |
| Dr. Samiran Chandra Chakrabarti | 2017 - 2018 | 1424 - 1425 |
| Dr. Tapati Mukhopadhyay | 2018- | 1425 - Continuing |
Vice – Presidents
| Name | Christian Era AD | B.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Dwarakanath Nyāyashastri | 1916 – 1945 | 1323 – 1352 |
| Chandicharan Kāvyatīrtha | 1916 - 1921 | 1323 – 1328 |
| Rakhaldas Darshantīrtha | 1916 - 1921 | 1323 – 1328 |
| Radharaman Vidyabhushan | 1916 - 1925 | 1323 – 1332 |
| MM. Lakshman Shastri Dravida | 1917 – 1925 | 1324 – 1332 |
| MM. Durgacharan Sāṁkhyavedāntatīrtha | 1917 - 1926 | 1324 – 1333 |
| MM. Chandi Charan Smritibhushan | 1917 | 1324 |
| MM. Anantakrishna Shastri | 1918 - 1945 | 1325 – 1352 |
| MM. Pramatha Nath Tarkabhushan | 1922 - 1925 | 1329 – 1332 |
| Prabhupada Atulkrishna Goswami | 1922 - 1923 | 1329 – 1330 |
| Prabhupada Satyananda Goswami | 1922 - 1925 | 1329 – 1332 |
| Jagadish Chandra Vedavyasa | 1924 - 1925 | 1331 – 1332 |
| MM. Dr. Bhagabat Kumar Shastri | 1926 - 1930 | 1333 – 1337 |
| MM. Sitaram Shastri | 1927,1942 - 1943 | 1334, 1349 – 1350 |
| Kaviraj Shyamadas Vacaspati | 1928 - 1932 | 1335 – 1339 |
| Sir Devaprasad Sarvadhikari | 1928 | 1335 |
| MM. Sitikanta Vacaspati | 1929 - 1935 | 1336 – 1342 |
| MM. Kunja Bihari Tarkasiddhānta | 1932 - 1934 | 1339 – 1341 |
| Dr. Adityanath Mukherjee | 1933 -1939 | 1340 – 1346 |
| Pt. Sitanath Siddhāntavāgish | 1933, 1935 - 1943 | 1340, 1342 – 1350 |
| Yatindra Nath Basu | 1934 | 1341 |
| MM. Phanibhushan Tarkavāgish | 1935 - 1940 | 1342 – 1347 |
| Raja Bhupendra Narayan Singha Bhadur (Nasipur) | 1935 - 1939 | 1342 – 1346 |
| Maharaj Bhupendra Chandra Singha (Susanga) | 1936 - 1939 | 1343 – 1346 |
| Sarat Chandra Basu | 1938 - 1939 | 1345 – 1346 |
| Vaijanath Bazoria | 1938 - 1939 | 1345 – 1346 |
| Dr. Upendra Nath Ghoshal | 1940 - 1963 | 1347 – 1370 |
| MM. Kalipada Tarkāchāryya | 1940 - 1965 | 1347 – 1372 |
| MM. Vidhushekhar Shastri | 1940 - 1941 | 1347 – 1348 |
| MM. Haridas Siddhāntavāgish | 1940 | 1347 |
| Pt. Haran Chandra Shastri | 1941 | 1348 |
| Pt. Taranath Nyāya – Tarkatīrtha | 1941 - 1949 | 1348 – 1356 |
| Pt. Janakinath Shastri | 1942 - 1965 | 1349 – 1372 |
| MM. Yogendra Nath Vedāntatīrtha | 1942 - 1943 | 1349 – 1350 |
| Basanta kumar Chatterjee | 1943 | 1350 |
| Dr. Amareswar Thakur | 1944 - 1957 | 1351 – 1364 |
| Mitali Roy | 1945 | 1352 |
| Kaviraj Yogendranath Satdarshantīrtha | 1946 - 1949 | 1353 – 1356 |
| Dr. Satkari Mukherjee | 1947 - 1949 | 1354 – 1356 |
| Dr. Srikumar Banerjee | 1947 - 1949 | 1354 – 1356 |
| Kaliprasad Khaitan | 1949 | 1356 |
| Pt. Srijiva Nyāyatīrtha | 1950 - 1958 | 1357 – 1365 |
| Dr. Nalini Ranjan Sengupta | 1950 - 1349 | 1357 – 1356 |
| Kaviraj Bimalananda Tarkatīrtha | 1950 - 1952 | 1357 – 1359 |
| MM. A. Chinnaswami Shastri | 1951 - 1952 | 1358 – 1359 |
| Justice Ramaprasad Mukherjee | 1952 - 1957 | 1359 – 1364 |
| Prabhudayal Himmatsingka | 1953 - 1954 | 1360 – 1361 |
| Dr. Prabodh Chandra Lahiri | 1954 - 1958 | 1361 – 1365 |
| Dr. Gaurinath Shastri | 1956 | 1363 |
| Pt. Herambanath Tarkatīrtha | 1958 - 1965 | 1365 – 1372 |
| Sri Chapalakanta Bhattacharyya | 1959 - 1965 | 1366 – 1372 |
| Prof. Satya Ranjan Banerjee Prof. Dhyanesh Narayan Chakraborty Prof. Brhmananda Gupta Prof. Samiran Chandra Chakraborty | 2004 - 2006 | 1411 - 1413 |
| Prof. Satya Ranjan Banerjee Prof. Dhyanesh Narayan Chakraborty Prof. Brhmananda Gupta Prof. Karuna Sindhu Das | 2008 - 2009 | 1415 - 1417 |
| Prof. Dhyanesh Narayan Chakraborty Prof. Brmhananda Gupta Prof. Santinath Ghosh Prof. Karuna Sindhu Das | 2010 - 2011 | 1417 - 1418 |
| Prof. Karuna Sindhu Das Prof. Brmhananda Gupta Prof. Santinath Ghosh | 2011 - 2012 | 1418 - 1419 |
| Prof. Bidyut Baran Ghosh Dr. Sadhan Chandra Sarkar Prof. Santinath Ghosh | 2013 - 2014 | 1420 - 1421 |
| Prof. Bidyut Baran Ghosh Dr. Sadhan Chandra Sarkar Prof. Santinath Ghosh | 2014 - 2016 | 1421 - 1423 |
| 2016 - 2017 | 1423 - 1424 | |
| Dr. Gopal Chandra Mishra Prof. Shantinath Ghosh | 2017- | 1424 - Continuing |
Secretaries
| Name | Christian Era AD | B.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Sri Gispati Raychaudhuri, Kāvyatīrtha | 1916 | 1323 |
| Dr. Pashupati Sastri and Sri Gispati Raychaudhuri | 1917-1926 | 1324-1333 |
| Dr. Amareswar Thakur | 1927-1928 | 1334–1335 |
| Dr. Amareswar Thakur Sri Satyendra Nath Basu | 1930–1932 | 1336-1339 |
| Dr. Amareswar Thakur and Sri Yatindra Nath Basu | 1933-1934 | 1340-1341 |
| Dr. Amareswar Thakur Dr. Prabodh Chandra Bagchi | 1935 | 1342 |
| Dr. Amareswar Thakur Sri Yatindra Nath Basu | 1936-1937 | 1343-1344 |
| Dr. Amareswar Thakur Sri Girijakishore Ghosh | 1938 | 1345 |
| Dr. Amareswar Thakur Sri Ganapati Sarkar | 1939-1940 | 1346-1347 |
| Dr. Amareswar Thakur Sri Durgamohan Bhattacharyya | 1941-1942 | 1348-1349 |
| Dr Sri Chapalakanta Bhattacharya. Amareswar Thakur | 1943 | 1350 |
| Dr. Satkari Mukherji Sri Chapalakanta Bhattacharya | 1944-1947 | 1351-1354 |
| Sri Chapalakanta Bhattacharya Sri Durgamohan Bhattacharyya | 1948 | 1355 |
| Sri Chapalakanta Bhattacharya Sri Durgamohan Bhattacharyya Sri Gaurinath Bhattacharya | 1949-1950 | 1356-1357 |
| Sri Chapalakanta Bhattacharya Sri Gaurinath Shastri | 1951 | 1358 |
| Sri Chapalakanta Bhattacharya Sri Prakash Chandra Bandyopadhyaya Sri Bishnupada Bhattacharya | 1952 | 1359 |
| Sri Chapalakanta Bhattacharya Sri Prakash Chandra Bandyopadhyaya Sri Bishnupada Bhattacharya | 1953-1355 | 1360-1362 |
| Sri Chapalakanta Bhattacharya Sri Bishnupada Bhattacharya Sri Satya Ranjan Banerjee | 1956 | 1363 |
| Sri Chapalakanta Bhattacharya Sri Bishnupada Bhattacharya Sri Gaurinath Sastri | 1957 | 1364 |
| Sri Gaurinath Sastri Sri Satya Ranjan Banerjee | 1958-1962 | 1365-1369 |
| Sri Satya Ranjan Banerjee | 1963-1965 | 1370-1372 |
| Dr. Gopika Mohan Bhattacharyya Dr. Sidheswar Chattopadhyay | 1966 | 1373 |
| Prof. Heramba Nath Chattopadhyay | 1978-1999 | 1385-1406 |
| Prof. Manabendu Banerjee | 1999-2016 | 1406- 1423 |
| Dr. Dhirendranath Banerjee (Acting) | 2016(April)-2017(December) | 1423-1424 |
| Dr. Debabrata Mukhopadhayay | 2017(December)-2019(July) | 1424-1426 |
Presidents of Anniversaries
| # | B.S. | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1324 | Sir Asutosh Mukhopadhyaya |
| 2nd | Sir Devaprasad Sarvadhikari | |
| 3rd | Maharaja Jagadindra Nath Roy | |
| 4th | Sir Asutosh Chaudhuri | |
| 5th | Maharaja Sir Manindra Chandra Nandi | |
| 6th | Saradamathadhish Jagadguru Sri Satynanda Saraswati Samkaracharrya Maharaj | |
| 7th | Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri | |
| 8th | Panditkeshari Panchanan Tarkaratna | |
| 9th | Maharajadhiraj Bijoychand Mahatab Bahadur | |
| 10th | M M. Kuppuswami Shastri | |
| 11th | Justice Dwarakanath Mitra | |
| 13th | Sir Saravapalli Radhakrishnan | |
| 14th | Kumar Sivashankareswar Roy | |
| 15th | MM. Kamakhyanath Tarkavāgish | |
| 16th | Sir Bipin Bihari Ghosh | |
| 17th | MM. Kaviraj Gananath Sen | |
| 18th | Kiranchandra Dey | |
| 19th | Raja Bhupendranarayana Singh Bhadur | |
| 20th | Maharaj Sri Bhupendra Chandra Singhsharma | |
| 21st | Justice Charuchandra Biswas | |
| 22nd | Maharaja Yogendra Nath Roy | |
| 23rd | Sri Nripendra Nath Sarkar | |
| 24th | Tarakeswar Mathadhis Dandiswami 1108 Sri Jagannath Ashram | |
| 25th | Sir Manmatha Nath Mukhopadhyay | |
| 26th | MM. Durgacharan Sāṁkhya Vedāntatīrtha | |
| 27th | Pt. Dwarakanath Nyāyashastri | |
| 28th | Pt. Sitanath Siddhāntavāgish | |
| 29th | Justice Bijan Kumar Mukhopadhyaya | |
| 30th | Sri Pramatha Nath Bandyopadhyaya, Vice-Chancellor, Calcutta University | |
| 31st | Dr. Prafulla Chandra Ghosh (Absent) | |
| Sri Bhaskar Mukhopadhyaya | ||
| 32nd | Dr. Kailash Nath Katju, Governor of West Bengal | |
| 33rd | Ray Sri Harendra Nath Chaudhuri, Minister of Education, West Bengal. | |
| 34th | Justice Sambhunath Bandyopadhyaya, Vice-Chancellor, Calcutta University. | |
| 35th | Dr. Kailash Nath Katju, Governor of West Bengal. | |
| 36th | Tarakeswar Mathadhish Dandiswami 1108 Sri Hrishikesh Ashram. | |
| 37th | Mahamahopadhyaya Vidhushekhar Shastri. | |
| 38th | Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterjee. | |
| 39th | MM. Kalipada Tarkāchārya. | |
| 40th | Pandit Heramba Nath Tarakatīrtha. | |
| 41th | Justice Prasanta Bihari Mukhopadhyaya | |
| 42nd | Sri Nirmal Kumar Siddhanta, Vice-Chancellor, Calcutta University. | |
| 43rd | Justice Sambhunath Bandyopadhyaya | |
| 44th | Sri Brajakanta Guha, Vice-Chancellor, Burdwan University. | |
| 45th | ||
| 46th | 1369 | Prof. Humayun Kabir. |
| 47th | ||
| 48th | Ananta Sayanam Ayenger, Governor of Bihar | |
| 49th | Sri Hiranmay Banerjee, Vice-Chancellor, Rabindra Bharati University | |
| 50th | 1373 | Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterjee, National Professor |
| Sri Dipnarayan Sinha, Chief-Justice, Calcutta High Court. |