Prof. D.D. Sharma (b. 1924) is a renowned scholar of Sanskrit and Linguistics. Besides a PhD in Sanskrit from the Benaras Hindu University, PhD and D.Litt in Linguistics from the Panjab University, Chandigarh – where he served for nearly 28 years – he holds diplomas in French, German and Persian. He also earned the highest Oriental title of Sahityacarya.
Prof. Sharma is well acquainted with nearly two dozen Indian and foreign languages and has to his credit 48 research volumes and scores of research papers on the subjects of different languages, cultures and literatures.
He was awarded the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship (1984-86) to undertake the linguistic survey of the Himalayan languages from Ladakh in the west to Bhutan in the east.
On his retirement (1989), he was awarded Emeritus Fellowship by the UGC for the completion of his 12-volume research project on Himalayan languages, of which 10 volumes have already appeared. He is also working on a 9-volume project on Socio-Cultural History of Uttarakhand, of which 5 volumes have already been published. His ambitious project, Cultural Encyclopaedia of Uttarakhand (5 vols.) is also under preparation.
The present volume is an outcome of the research project for which he was awarded the Indira Gandhi Memorial Fellowship for the years 2001-2003 by IGNCA.
1. Indian Oriental Conference (Life member)
2. Linguistic Society of India (Life member)
3. Dravidian LInguistic Association of India (Life member)
4. Linguistic Society of Nepal.
1. “The Role of Woman Characters in Sanskrit Drama”, Poona Orientalist, Vol. XXV (Silver Jubilee Vol.) No, 1-4, pp. 17-20, 1960.
2. “Supernatural Element of Kalidasa”, presented to XXIII Session of A.I.O.C., (1966) and published in the V.S.O.J. (Tirupati), Vol. IX, pp. 83-91, 1966.
3. “Concept of Heroine in Sanskrit Drama”, presented to the XXVII Session of the A.I.O.C. Kurukshetra (1974) and published in the PURBA, Vol. VI, No. 2, pp. 89-100, 1975.
4. “Sociological Aspect of Sanskrit Drama”, Vishveshvarananda Indological Journal, Vol. LV, Pt. II, pp. 203-10, 1977.
5. “Position of Women in the Social Structure of Ancient Indian”, (In the light of Skt. Dramas), MUSRJ (Merrut University) (Prof. K.L. Sharma Felicitation Volume), pp. 148-60, 1977.
6. “Sita Through the Ages”, (in the light of Sanskrit Dramas), PURBA, Vol. VII, No. 1-2, pp. 85-99, 1978.
7. “Vasavadatta: The most Popular and Multidimensional women Character of Sanskrit Drama”, VIJ, Vol. XVII, Pt. 1, pp. 1-10, 1979.
8. “Participation of Women in Sanskrit Drama”, PURBA, Vol. VIII, No. 1-2, pp. 163-68, 1980. Reproduced in the Lakaksetra Quarterly, Tiruvanmiyur, Madras.
9. “20 entries on ‘Stotra’, Shatakas; Katha and ‘Subhasitas’ in the Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature, sahitya Akademi, Delhi, vide Serial No. (II) 36/359 and (II) 10/3549, 1981-82.
10. “Chitra Kavya Kautukam”, (Review): Silver Jubilee Volume, Sahitya Academi, Delhi.
11. Entries in Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature, Sahitya Academi, New Delhi, as fellows: on Subhashitas 5. Stotra literature 5, Shataka literature 5, (1981), On Puranas 3, On sahasranams 2, One each of Katha, Akhyayika and Panchadashi (1982), One each on Sanskrit Language and Akhyana (1984).
12. Phonological interference in the pronunciation of Sanskrit by Panjabi speakers presented to A.I.C.L. Delhi (1972) and published in the PURBA (Panjab University Research Bulletin Arts) Vol. IV, pp. 173-89, 1973.
13. Where Sanskrit is still spoken, The Statesman, September 18, 1980.
14. Preservation of old Indo Aryan dialects in the mid-Himalaya, Proceedings of second linguistic conference of Nepal (Nov. 26-28, 1981) and published in the Research Journal of Ganganatha Research Institute, Allahabad, Vol. XXXVII-XXXIX, pp. 247-56, 1985.
15. A New light on the status of Sanskrit VIJ, Vol. XIX, pp. 55-62, 1982.
16. Linguistic speculation of Sanskrit Rhetoricians, PURBA, Vol. XIII, No. 1-2, pp. 107-21 and I.J.D.L. Vol. XIII, No. 1 in Linguistic Thoughts in Ancient India (ed.) (in 1984:13-30).
17. A Socio-Linguistic Analysis of Mode and Forum of Address and Greeting in the Dramas of Kalidasa, Presented to XXXI session of A.I.O.C. Jaipur, and published in the PURBA, Vol. XIV, No. 1, pp. 197-209, April 1983.
18. Old Indo-Aryan Element in Kinnari IJDL, Vol. XIII, No. 2, pp. 354-53, 1985; Also B.R. Sharma Felicitation Volume, Tirupati, 1987.
19. Inter-Relationship between OIA and Dardic Languages of N.W.F.P. in Acharya Bardeo Upadhyay Centenary Felicitation, Vol. 2004: 651-56.
20. Himalaya: A repository of Sanskrit, Research Bulletin V.V.R.I. Hoshiarpur Vol-2, 2003(267-285).
21. Linguistic Aspect of Sanskrit poetics, PURBA (1981, Vol. XII, No. 1-2: 167-171).
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