भारतीय परम्परा में स्वास्थ्य एवं सुख – Health and Happiness in Indian Tradition

About the Book
Indian Tradition approves a holistic approach towards the happiness of human beings. In general, happiness is considered as a state of mind. Impressive interpretations about happiness are given in Vedic and Sanskrit texts. Here the soul is recognized as being of higher significance as compared to the body and mind, but plenty of references are also available where the importance of body is highlighted for spiritual matters. A human’s health with proper upkeep and maintenance is regarded as instrumental in propelling towards the higher end – that of enriching the soul. Profound research supported with analytical thinking is required to understand the concepts of ancient Indian traditional thinkers.

This volume comprises forty four selected papers which were presented at the Ninth India Conference of WAVES held at Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Rajasthan Sanskrit University Jaipur on the theme `Health and Happiness in Indian Tradition’ Bharatiya Parampara me Svasthya evam Sukha). These papers, written in English, Hindi and Sanskrit, are by some well-known scholars of Sanskrit Studies such as, Prof. Dayanand Bhargava, Prof. Alka Bakre, Dr.Deen B. Chandora, Prof. Subhash Vedalankar, Prof. Umarani Tripathi, Prof. Brijesh Kumar Shukla, Prof. Laxmi Sharma, Prof. Beena Agrawal, Dr. Urmila Rustagi, Dr.Vedawati Vaidik, Dr.Pravesh Saxena, Dr. Shiv SagarTripathi, Dr. Sriddha Chauhan. Their contributions certainly amplify the value to this literary effort. Almost all aspects of Indian insights on the aforementioned theme are covered in this collection of edited papers.

This volume is the fifth publication of WAVES under the series entitled ‘Ancient Indian Literary Heritage’. Prof K.V. Ramakrishnamacharyulu, Former Vice-Chancellor of J. R. Rajasthan Sanskrit University has very kindly written the foreword of this book.

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About the Author
Prof. Shashi Tiwari, Recipient of `Certificate of Honour’, 2015 from the President of India, is a well-known Vedic and Sanskrit scholar. She is engaged in Sanskrit studies and Vedic research for the last forty five years. Dr. Tiwari has been honoured with more than twenty academic awards from various academic institutions of India including the prestigious ‘Sanskrit Sahitya Seva Sammana’, 2006 and ‘Sanskrit Sikshak Puraskar’1995 from Delhi Sanskrit Academy, Delhi; `Vishist Purskar’ 2007 and `Maharshi Vyas Samman’ 2014 from Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Sansthan, Lucknow; `Sanskrit-Shri Award’ 2015 from Akhil Bhartiya Sanskrit Sahitya Sammelan, New Delhi; and `Vidya Sagar Upadhi’ 2015 from M. Vidvat Parishad for her contribution to Sanskrit Studies.

Prof. Tiwari has twenty eight published books to her credit on Vedic and Sanskrit subjects. Rigvediya Aprisukta, Suryadevta, Rigvedic Studies, Vedic Studies, Sanskrit-Lokokti-Kosha, Sanskrit Sahitya Ka Itihas, Harappan Civilization and Vedic Culture, Vedavyakhyapaddhatyah, Sanskrit-Sahitya-anushilanam are some of her recognized publications. She has to her credit numerous papers published in reputed research journals and in edited volumes. She is editor of an International journal entitled ‘Vedic Venues’.

She has participated in several International and National Conferences in India and abroad, including in USA, Italy, Canada and Nepal. She has organized many national symposiums, and nineteen national conferences, on themes related to Vedas and ancient literary heritage as the General Secretary of the WAVES.

Dr. Shashi Tiwari, retired from the Department of Sanskrit, Maitreyi College, University of Delhi, has been teaching in the Hindu University of America, Orlando, USA as adjunct faculty.

Foreword
It gives me immense pleasure to write a Foreword to the publication of papers of the seminar “Health and Happiness in Indian Perspective”, conducted by “Wider Association for Vedic Studies” (WAVES) in collaboration with Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Rajasthan Sanskrit University, Jaipur. The seminar was organised on 16th, 17th and 18th December 2005, at the new campus of the Sanskrit University, Jaipur. It was the first seminar organised in the University’s new campus, which was built by the blessings of His Holiness Shri Shri Shri Narayanadas Maharaj, the saint of Triveni Dham, near Jaipur. It was indeed a great privilege for the then newly established University to conduct such a seminar due to which it acquired international fame. Great scholars like Prof. Ramkaran Sharma, Prof. Dayanand Bhargava participated and presented papers of utmost importance and value. Though the decision to organise the seminar in collaboration with Sanskrit University was taken up by my predecessor, it materialised only after the University was shifted to its new campus during my tenure. It was my fortune to be the Vice-chancellor of the University at that time. I sincerely thank the President and Secretary of WAVES for giving an opportunity to the University to conduct the seminar.

I appreciate the undeterred efforts of the secretary of WAVES Mrs Shashi Tiwari, with which the seminar was conducted successfully. She took pains in contacting the officials of the University as well as the participants for the smooth conduct of the seminar.

This publication will certainly be well received by the scholars and researchers because of its literary value, both in India and abroad.

I congratulate Mrs Shashi Tiwari for her endeavour to publish the papers and also for the President’s Certificate of Honour, which she really deserves.