Kalika Prasad Shukla

Kalika Prasad Shukla (born 15 October 1921 - 1993) was a Sanskrit scholar and poet based in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit in the year 1986 for the epic poem Śrīrādhācaritamahākāvyam. He obtained the Navyavyakaranacharya, Nyaya Shastri and Kavyatirtha degrees in the traditional (Gurukula) system of Sanskrit learning. He then obtained the Acharya (Master of Arts) degree in Sanskrit from Agra University in 1957. In 1978, he obtained the degree of Vachaspti (DLitt) from the Sampurnanand Sanskrit University along with a Gold Medal. The entire poem is from the perspective of Radha. The work is epical in mode with hardly any dialogues. Madhura Bhakti is the main Rasa of the poem.

Minor poem Sūryaśatakam (सूर्यशतकम्) (1983) – A poem of one hundred verses devoted to Surya.

Research Vaiyākaraṇānāmanyeṣāñca Matena Śabdasvarūpatacchaktivicāraḥ (वैयाकरणानामन्येषाञ्च मतेन शब्दस्वरूपतच्छक्तिविचारः) (1979)

Critical editions Paramalaghumañjūṣā (परमलघुमञ्जूषा) (1961) of Nagesha Bhatta. Kovidānandaḥ (कोविदानन्दः) (1963) of Ashadhara Bhatta. Citramīmāṃsā (चित्रमीमांसा) (1965) of Appayya Dikshita. Paribhāṣenduśekharaḥ (परिभाषेन्दुशेखरः) (1975) of Nagesha Bhatta. Vaiyākaraṇasiddhāntamañjūṣā (वैयाकरणसिद्धान्तमञ्जूषा) (1977) of Nagesha Bhatta. Kāśikāvṛttiḥ (काशिकावृत्तिः) (1985) of Vamana and Jayaditya. Six volumes of the commentary on Pāṇini's Aṣṭādhyāyī. With Dvarikadasa Shastri.

Commentaries The commentary Jyotsanā on the Paramalaghumañjūṣā. A commentary on the third canto of the Candraprabhācaritam. A commentary on the fifth canto of the Kumārasambhavam.

Awards and recognition

Awards 1986. Vishishta Puraskar by the Sanskrit Akademy of Uttar Pradesh for outstanding contribution to Sanskrit literature. 1986. Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit for the work Śrīrādhācaritamahākāvyam.

Recognition Shukla is known for his creative writing skills and is acclaimed as a poet of great distinction. Roshen Dalal wrote that the Śrīrādhācaritamahākāvyam is a "rare, high quality Sanskrit works of the twentieth century." K. Krishnamoorthy wrote about him−