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Modern Sanskrit literature


 * S. Ranganath (2009). Modern Sanskrit Writings in Karnataka (1st ed.). New Delhi: Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan.
 * "This is the second volume under the series devoted to contribution of different states to Modern Sanskrit Writings. The first volume by Arum Ranjan Mishra was devoted to the contribution of Orissa."


 * 38 representative authors from Karnataka belonging to 20th century, many of them still writing.
 * Includes works on
 * family history of Mysore kings,
 * the cities of Karnataka
 * the holy places and saints of this state
 * the Kashmir problem
 * satyāgraha during British rule in Hyderabad
 * Themes: Gandhism, realism
 * Prose replacing "repetitive versification, overloaded with panegyrics and hyperbolism". Shift from "verbal jugglery towards simplicity", and cultivating Sanskrit as a vehicle for expression of contemporary socio-economic conditions".
 * "have made new experimentations and have introduced new genres"
 * "Contrary to popular beleif, there is an astonishing quality of creative upsurge of writing in Sanskrit today. Modern Sanskrit writing is qualitatively of such high order that it can easily be treated on par with the best of Classical Sanskrit literature, It can also easily compete with the writings in other Indian languages. The enormous quantity of the published works in Sanskrit composed during the past two centuries encompasses all forms of literature. An attempt is being made in the present monograph to account and evaluate the contribution of Karnataka to Twentieth Century Sanskrit literature, which convincingly disproves the criticism that Sanskrit is a dead language"


 * "The contemporary Sanskrit poets of Karnataka have inculcated the spirit of realism in their writings by depicting the social evils like dowry, bribery, corruption, unemployment and so on. They have also suggested possible and plausible solutions of these evils."


 * {[quote|Patriotism and nationalism also occupy a significant trend of modern Sanskrit poetry}}
 * "Modern poets have been successfully experimenting with new forms and genres like, sonnet, Haiku, blank verse etc."


 * Travelogues
 * Translations from regional languages into Sanskrit

-- All this before starting Chapter 1!


 * http://www.sanskrit.nic.in/ASSP/Index.html -- Adhunik Sanskrit Sahitya Pustakalaya


 * More than 3000 Sanskrit works have been composed in the period post Indian Independence (since 1947).
 * Manibhai Prajapati (2005). Post-independence Sanskrit literature : a critical survey (1 ed.). New Delhi: Standard publishers India.
 * List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Sanskrit