Sanskrit for Beginners

The author, Dr. Madhusudan Mishra (born 1964), passed his post-graduation in Sanskrit from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar (1985) securing the first class first position. A brilliant student throughout his career, he had his M.Phil (1987) and Ph.D. (1993) from the University of Poona. He also worked in the Vaidika Samshodhana Mandala, Pune, the premier Vedic Research Institute in India, in the Avesta and Kanva Samhita projects from 1987-1992. A regular contributor to the leading search journals, he continues to write on Puranic Mythology and traditional Archaeology, Indian Linguistics, Vedic literature and folk culture. He has already published three books and is presently engaged in his mega-project: Ganesa: Fictions and Facts.