Sarngadhara Samhita- Pandita Damodarsunu Sarngadharacarya Viracita (Text With English Translation With Translation of Dipika by Adhamalla and Gudhartha Dipika by Kasirama Commentaries)

Dr. P.V. Tewari A.M.B.S., Ph.D., a well known academician, administrator and research workers was born on 5th August, 1937 to freedom fighters Shri Rama Shankar Tewari recipient of Tamrapatra awarded by Late Prime Minister Smt. Indira Gandhi and Mrs. Rama Devi Tewari having lost life during 1942 freedom movement. A throughout meritorious student has been serving Ayurveda for the past 55 years in different capacities at SAC, Lucknow and B.H.U. and now is serving gratis mata Anandamayee Hospital, Shivala, Varanasi, as Additional Medical Superintendent and senior Gynecologist. During her Tenure of 36 years at B.H.U. served as Lecturer, Reader and Professor, Head Department of Prasuti Tantra, Dean, Faculty of Ayurveda twice, Director, WHO Research Centre and Coordinator, Faculty of Ayurveda and Ayurvedic Pharmaceuticals. She has also been associated with almost all important committees of universities and institutes of Ayurveda and also Ministry of Health, Govt. of India.

As a dedicated research worker has guided 53 D.Ay. M/MD.Ay. Scholars and 21 Ph.Ds.: has published 258 scientific papers in National and International Journals and attended sizeable National and International conferences. She has received twenty awards, citations and honours.

'Including distinguished Aluminus award' B.H.U. 2009;

'Life time achievement Award' RAV 2014;

'Rashtriya Dhanwantari Ayurveda Ayurveda Puraskara' Ayush Mantralaya-2016;

'Life time achievement Award' 2017; J.S. Ayurveda college, Nadiad (Gujrat);

'Vatsala Life time achievement award' 2019; Mahatma Gandhi Ayurveda Medical college, Salod (H), Wardha (M.S.)

A prolific writer has written preface/forewords of seventeen books related to Prasuti-Striroga and Kaumarabhrtya; published 19 books, contributed 7 chapters and edited three Journals and is continuing to serve goddess Saraswati.

Dr. (Mrs.) Asha Kumari M.A., Ph.D. exponent in Samskrta has acquired special experience working on manuscripts during her work tenure with NISTADS (project on History of Science and Technology during Medieval Period ). Besides editing and translating two mss of Ayurved i.e. Yogacandrika (translated in Hindi and English) and Vrndamadhavaparanama Siddhayogah (translated in English) and has translated Yogaratnakara and Astangahrdaya (Sutrasthana) in English and Sarngadhara Samhita in Hindi and English, Along with these works of Ayurveda. She has also translated one Prakrta Mahakavya (Setubandham) and some other books also. She has been writing articles, poems and stories in different journals and magazines on literary, social and cultural subjects. Her source of inspiration has always been ancient Samskra literature.

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