Pathak ji's Contribution
Principal/Lecturer
He served as the Principal of Ganganath Jha Kendriya Sanskrit Veedyapeeth, Allahabad and Ranveer Kendriya Sanskrit Veedyapeeth, Jammu More...
Sanskrit Scholor/Poet
His works are in different languages like - Sanskrit, Hindi, Urdu, Pali, Prakit etc. Some Originally written, other translated like - Kaapishayani, Patra Lekha ke Patra, Ghalibkavyam, Vasantsena se Umraojaan tak & Many More...
Ex-President/Ex-Member
He served as the President of "Drik-Bharti" magzine, Allahabad. A member of Bhartiya Gyanpeeth, New Delhi and Sahitya Academy, New Delhi & More...
Ph.D Guide
He was a Ph.D guide for many Sanskrit learners(students), belonging to different parts of the country like- Anjana Mathur, Anil Kumar Pathak & More...
Pathak Ji's Portfolio
About Pathak Ji
Prof. Pathak born in 1934, in Sasaram, Bihar obtained Shastracharya in 1957 from BHU, M.A(Hindi) in 1964 & M.A(Sanskrit) in 1965. He was Awarded Ph.D in 1968. He died on March 2017.
Dr. Pathak is an multi-linguist and known for his scholarship in ancient languages like- Pali, Prakrit and Apbhransha besides Sanskrit. He has also shown much interest in Urdu and Persian.
Dr. Jagannath Pathak was honoured by various academic bodies like Sahitya Academy(New Delhi), Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Academy(Lucknow), Rajasthan Sanskrit Academy(Jaipur), etc.
He authored 6 creative works in poetry form and 2 works in prose order. He translated several works from Urdu and Pali into Sanskrit and from Persian into Hindi. In addition to these, he edited 5 books and wrote commentaries on 3 works.
Prizes
— "Sahitya Academy" Prize on his book "Kaapishayani" (1981)
— First "Vachaspati" prize by K K Birla Foundation on his book "Mridwika"(1992)
— "Mira Smriti Samman" given by Mira Foundation & Sahitya Bhandar Allahabad (2011)
— "Vishwa Bharati" prize given by Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Sansthan (2016)
Pathak Ji's Family & Friends
Testimonials
Pathak Ji as an Artist
