Pushpa Dixit

Mahamahopadhyaya Dr.
Pushpa Dixit
पुष्पा दीक्षित
Dixit in 2024
Born (1943-06-12) 12 June 1943
Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
Other namesMataji
CitizenshipIndian
OccupationRetired Professor
Known forPaushpi Prakriya
SpouseProf. Shiv Prasad Dixit
Parent(s)Pandit Sundarlal Shukla & Mrs. Janaki Devi Shukla
Academic background
EducationM.A. in Sanskrit (received three gold medals), Ph.D.
Websitepushpadikshit.in

Pushpa Dixit (Sanskrit: पुष्पा दीक्षित, IAST: Puṣpā Dīkṣita [puʂpɑː d̪iːkʂɪt̪ə]) is an Indian scholar, author, and poet who is a proponent of Pāṇinīan Vyākaraṇam, the study of Sanskrit grammar and linguistics on the principles of the ancient grammarian Pāṇini. Referred to as Mātāji (respected mother), Dixit developed a new teaching methodology known as the Paushpi Prakriyā.

Early life and education

Pushpa was born on 12 June 1943 in the city of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. Her father, Sundarlal Shukla, was an Ayurvedic physician and scholar. Her mother was Janaki Devi Shukla. During her childhood, she followed in the footsteps of her father, who was a scholar of Vyakarana, and later studied it under Vishwanath Tripathi, a leading grammarian and the principal of Krishna Bodhashram Sanskrit College in Jabalpur. She also received her Sanskrit education from three more gurus, including Ramprasad Tripathi.[1] She married early to Shiv Prasad Dixit.[2][3][4]

Dixit completed her postgraduate degree in Sanskrit with three gold medals from Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya.[5][1] Dixit pursued her higher education at the same university, where she earned her Ph.D. degree.[6]

Academic career

She served as the head of the Sanskrit department at Government Girls Postgraduate College in Bilaspur.[2] She remained at service for almost 39 years.

Dixit participated in national-level Sanskrit poetry conferences and was selected as one of the 15 national Sanskrit poets to recite poetry at the 13th World Sanskrit Conference held at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.[7]

To promote the study of Pānini's grammar, Dixit organizes workshops, both online and offline through her institution, Pāṇini Shodh Sansthān, in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh,[8][9] free of cost.[10][11] Accommodation and meals at these workshops are provided by the Kosal Sanskrit Committee.[12][13]

In Bilaspur, Dixit has developed a new mathematical method to clarify the principles of the Ashtadhyayi, aiming to enable students to grasp the concepts of Paninian grammar in a shorter time frame.[14] The Paushpi Prakriyā focuses on understanding the essence of Pāṇini’s Aṣṭādhyāyī,[15] simplifying the complex rules into a structured learning path.[16][17][18][5]

Paushpi Prakriyā

Dixit believed that the prevailing methodologies, primarily based on texts like the Siddhānta Kaumudi and the Kāśikā, were inefficient for contemporary learners, prompting her to create a system that could condense years of study into a much shorter period. Thus, she worked for decades to develop a mathematical method that clarifies the procedural science of the Aṣṭādhyāyī, which helps learners acquire a comprehensive understanding in four months. This method has not been previously articulated since Pāṇini. By restructuring the traditional sequence of verbal forms, she reorganized the Pāṇinian Dhātupāṭha while retaining all roots, aligning them with the procedural method.[19]

Dixit's approach has been praised for significantly reducing the learning time of Sanskrit grammar, which traditionally took years to accomplish. Thousands of students have passed through her institution.[20][21][22][10][23][24][25][26]

Publications

Along with the Paushpi Prakriya, she has published numerous works:[27][28]

  1. अष्टाध्यायी सहजबोध (Ashtadhyayi Sahajabodha) - A Scientific Commentary of Pāṇinī's Aṣṭādhyāyī" is a Hindi series of which six volumes are published.[2]
    1. सार्वधातुक खण्ड (sārva-dhātuka khaṇḍa) (1999)
    2. आर्धधातुकप्रकरणम् (ārdha-dhātuka prakaraṇam) (2001)
    3. कृदन्तप्रकरणम् (kṛdanta-prakaraṇam) (2004)
    4. तद्धितप्रकरणम् (taddhita-prakaraṇam) (2006)
    5. सुबन्तप्रक्रिया, स्त्रीप्रत्यय और द्विरुक्ति (subanta-prakriyā, strīpratyaya aura dvirukti) (2011)
    6. कारकप्रकरणम् तथा समासप्रक्रिया (kāraka-prakaraṇam tathā samāsa prakriyā) (2016)
  2. पौष्पी नव्यसिद्धान्तकौमुदी (Pauṣpi Navyasiddhāntakaumudī) is a Sanskrit series of which two volumes are published.
    1. सुबन्तप्रक्रिया-स्त्रीप्रत्यया-द्विरुक्तिश्च (subanta-prakriyā-strīpratyayā-dviruktiśca) (2018)
    2. सार्वधातुकतिङ्कृत्प्रत्ययाः (sārva-dhātuka-tiṅkṛt-pratyayāḥ)
  3. आर्धधातुक प्रत्ययों की इडागम व्यवस्था (Ārdhadhātuka Pratyayon kī Iḍāgama Vyavasthā)
  4. शीघ्रबोधव्याकरणम् (Śīghra-bodha-vyākaraṇam) (2007)[29]
  5. धात्वधिकरीयं सामान्यमङ्गकार्यम् (Dhātvadhikarīyaṁ Sāmānyam-aṅga-kāryam) (2014)
  6. तिङन्तकोषः – त्रयो भागाः (Tiṅanta-Koṣaḥ – three parts) (2014)[30]
  7. कृदन्तकोषः – द्वौ भागौ (Kridanta-Koṣaḥ – two parts) (2014)
  8. पाणिनीयं वैदिकव्याकरणम् (Pāṇinīyaṃ Vaidika-vyākaraṇam) (2019)
  9. भगवतः पाणिनेः सप्तविभागाष्टाध्यायी (Bhagavataḥ Pāṇineḥ Saptavibhāga-Aṣṭādhyāyī)
  10. पाणिनीयाष्टाध्यायीसूत्रपाठः प्रकरणनिर्देशसमन्वितः (Pāṇinīya Aṣṭādhyāyīsūtrapāṭhaḥ Prakaraṇanirdeśasamanvitaḥ)

Books published by Samskrita Bharati

Source:[31]

  1. पाणिनीयाष्टाध्यायीसूत्रपाठः प्रकरणनिर्देशसमन्वितः (Pāṇinīya Aṣṭādhyāyīsūtrapāṭhaḥ Prakaraṇanirdeśasamanvitaḥ) (2010)
  2. तिङ्कृत्कोषः – द्वौ भागौ (Tiṅkṛt Koṣaḥ) (2011) - in two parts
    1. सार्वधातुकखण्डः (sārva-dhātuka khaṇḍaḥ)
    2. आर्धधातुकखण्डः (ārdha-dhātuka khaṇḍaḥ)
  3. णिजन्तकोषः (Ṇijantakoṣaḥ) (2012)[32]
  4. सन्नन्तकोषः (Sannantakoṣaḥ) (2012)[33]
  5. यङन्तकोषः नामधातुकोषश्च (Yaṅantakoṣaḥ nāmadhātukoṣaśca) (2012)
  6. यङ्लुगन्तकोषः (Yaṅlugantakoṣaḥ) (2012)[34]
  7. लकारसरणिः – चत्वारो भागाः (Lakāra-saraṇiḥ) (2012) - in four parts
    1. लट्, लोट, लङ्, विधिलिङ्, इत्येते सार्वधातुकलकाराः (Laṭ, loṭa, laṅ, vidhiliṅ, ityete sārvadhātukalakārāḥ)
    2. लृट्, लृङ्, लुट्, आशीर्लिङ्, इत्येते चत्वारो लकाराः (Lṛṭ, lṛṅ, luṭ, āśīrliṅ, ityete catvāro lakārāḥ)
    3. लिट् लकारः (Liṭ lakāraḥ)
    4. लुङ् लकारः (luṅ lakāraḥ)
  8. इडागमः (Idāgamaḥ) (2010)
  9. पाणिनीयधातुपाठः - सार्थः (Pāṇinīya Dhātupāṭhaḥ - with meaning) (2019)
  10. प्रक्रियानुसारी पाणिनीयधातुपाठः – (Prakriyānusārī Pāṇinīya-Dhātupāṭhaḥ) (2011)
  11. पाणिनीयमूलधातुपाठः – प्रक्रियानुसारी (Pāṇinīya-Mūla-Dhātupāṭhaḥ – Prakriyānusārī) (2020)
  12. सनाद्यन्तधातुपाठः (Sanādyanta-Dhātupāṭhaḥ) (2020)
  13. सस्वरः पाणिनीयधातुपाठः – द्वौ भागौ (Sasvaraḥ Pāṇinīya Dhātupāṭhaḥ) (2012) – in two parts (editor)
    1. सार्वधातुकप्रत्ययोपयोगी (sārva-dhātuka-Pratyayopayogī)
    2. आर्धधातुकप्रत्ययोपयोगी (ārdha-dhātuka-Pratyayopayogī)

Poetry

Source:[6]

  1. अग्निशिखा (Agnishikhā) (1984)
  2. शाम्भवी (Śāmbhavī)[35] - (गीतिकाव्य)[note 1]
  3. अपराजितवधूमहाकाव्यम् (Aparājitavadhu Mahākāvyam) - Editor and translator
  4. प्रबुद्धभारतम् (Prabuddhabhāratam) - Editor and translator
  5. सौन्दर्यलहरी (Saundaryalaharī) - commentary on the translation of Bacchulal Awasthi.

DVDs

  1. तिङन्तसिद्धिः (Tiṅantasiddhiḥ) - 46-hour DVD prepared by Samskrita Bharati
  2. अष्टाध्यायी की अध्ययन पद्धति (Aṣṭādhyāyī kī Adhyayana Paddhati) - 72 Episodes Series prepared by UGC to broadcast on Gyan Darshan
  3. तिङन्तप्रक्रिया (Tiṅantaprakriyā) - 78 Episodes Series prepared by UGC to broadcast on Gyan Darshan
  4. वैदिक व्याकरणम् (vaidika vyākaraṇam) - 8 episodes created for the E-PG Pathshala[note 2]of the project of Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit University.[36]
  5. काशी पाण्डित्य परियोजना (Kāśī Pāṇḍitya Pariyojanā) – 09 DVDs prepared by Acharya Vasistha Tripathi for Philosophy and 08 DVDs prepared by Acharya Ramyatna Shukla for Vyakarana.

Recognition and awards

Notes

  1. ^ A song that has qualities such as intense emotional experience, melody, expressiveness, etc., is called gītikāvya.
  2. ^ e-PG Pathshala is an initiative of the MHRD under its National Mission on Education through ICT (NME-ICT) being executed by the UGC.
  3. ^ The Certificate of Honour scheme was introduced in 1958 to recognize scholars of Sanskrit, Arabic, and Persian, and was extended to include Pali/Prakrit in 1996. Awarded annually on the eve of Independence Day, it honors scholars over 60 for their significant contributions. Each awardee receives a monetary grant of Rs. 50,000 per year for life, along with a sanad and a shawl presented by the President. The scheme includes 15 awards for Sanskrit, 3 each for Arabic and Persian, and 1 for Pali/Prakrit.

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