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{{Short description|Indian writer}}
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Dr. '''H. R. Vishwasa''' (also written '''H. R. Vishwas''') is a [[Sanskrit]] scholar residing in Mangalore, India.<ref name=mangalorean/> He won a [[Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize]] in 2010 for translating [[S. L. Bhyrappa]]'s [[Kannada]] novel ''[[Aavarana]]'' into Sanskrit.<ref name=mang/>

He has been involved with [[Sanskrit revival]]. He was the editor of the Sanskrit monthly magazine ''Sambhashana Sandesha'', for five years.<ref name=mang/><ref name=bori/> He is the "Akhil Bharatiya Prashikshan Pramukh" (All-India Chief of Teaching) as well as ''Prakashana Pramukh'' (Chief of Publishing) of the organisation [[Samskrita Bharati]], and was on the working committee of the first World Sanskrit Book Fair, held in January 2011.<ref name=org/><ref name=wsb/> He was one of the teachers in a Sanskrit-teaching series that was commissioned by the [[Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan]] and was broadcast on [[DD Bharati]] and later on [[Gyan Darshan]]. He wrote a weekly column, "Sangata", for the newspaper [[Hosa Digantha]]. He was also in the Karnataka government committee deciding Sanskrit syllabus for classes 5 to 7.<ref name=org/>

He has an [[M.A. degree|M.A.]] in Sanskrit and a doctorate from [[Kuvempu University]], as well as a [[Vidwat]] degree.<ref name=mang/> His wife Shantala also works for Samskrita Bharati.<ref name=org/>

His translation of ''[[Avarana]]'' took six months<ref name=dha/> and was released in November 2008.<ref name=oi/> His Kannada book ''Matte Hottitu [[Hebrew]] Hanate'' was released by the Kannada scholar [[G. Venkatasubbaiah]],<ref name=hgv/> and was briefly on the best-seller list in 2006.<ref name=hbs/> He also translated Bhyrappa's ''[[Parva (novel)|Parva]]'' into Sanskrit, which was released in 2012.<ref name=hparva/>
He won the Sahitya Akademi's ''Bala Sahitya Puraskar'' for the year 2013,{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}} for "Marjalasya Mukham Drishtam", a book of plays.<ref name=bal2013/>

==Works==

Source:<ref name=org/>

; Books in Kannada
* ''Matte Hottitu Heebru Hanate'', 2006
* ''Pididu Samskrita Sootrava''
* ''Sangham sharanam gachchami'' 2019<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vijaykarnataka.com/news/udupi/book-release/articleshow/67349667.cms|title=ಉಡುಪಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಘಂ ಶರಣಂ ಗಚ್ಛಾಮಿ ಕೃತಿ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ}}</ref>

; Books in Sanskrit
* ''Apashchimah Pashchime'' ({{lang|sa|अपश्चिमः पश्चिमे}}, ''An Easterner in the West'', travel-writing)
* ''Hemacchakatika'' (Gold Toy Cart; the title is a reference to [[Mrcchakatika]])
* ''Koushala Bhodhinee'' (handbook for Sanskrit teachers)
* Translation of ''[[Avarana]]''<ref name=dha/>
* ''Naaticharaami'' 2019<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://samskritabharati.in/preview?bharati_books=Vm14a01HRXhiRmhTYmxKWFlrZFNVMWx0ZUdGalZscDBUVmM1VDJKR2NGWlZNakZIVmtVeGNtTkliRlpOYm1oTVYxWlZkMlZXVW5GVmJHUm9ZVEZ3U1ZkVVFtRldNVnBXVFZWV2FHVnFRVGs9&samskrita_bharati=Vm14a01HRXhiRmhTYmxKWFlrZFNVMWx0ZUdGalZscDBUVmM1VDJKR2NGWlZNakZIVmtVeGNtTkliRlpOYm1oTVYxWlZkMlZXVW5GVmJHUm9ZVEZ3U1ZkVVFtRldNVnBXVFZWV2FHVnFRVGs9|title=Books Details | Samskrita Bharati}}</ref>
; Papers
* ''Analysis of sentences in Sanskrit and Knowledge Representation Techniques'' by HR Vishwasa, RV Hudli and T Vishwanathan, presented at ''Knowledge Representation in Sanskrit'' conference, 1986, Bangalore

==References==
<references>

<ref name=mang>[http://samvada.org/2011/news-digest/samskrit-bharatis-dr-vishwas-gets-academy-award/ Dr.Vishwas gets Sahitya Academy Award], [http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=224054 Mangalore: Dr Vishwasa gets Sahitya Academy Translation Award 2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193540/http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=224054 |date=3 March 2016 }}</ref>
<ref name=org>{{citation | url=http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=387&page=30 | title= Dr Vishwas of Samskrit Bharati gets Sahitya Academy Award | date=6 March 2011 | newspaper=[[Organiser (newspaper)|Organiser]]}}</ref>
<ref name=bori>{{citation | url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/01/08/stories/2004010809090400.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071230025352/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/01/08/stories/2004010809090400.htm | url-status=usurped | archive-date=30 December 2007 | title=Attack on institute condemned | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | date= 8 January 2004}}</ref>
<ref name=wsb>{{Cite web |url=http://www.samskritbookfair.org/about/working-committee |title=Working Committee |access-date=3 March 2011 |archive-date=26 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326003622/http://www.samskritbookfair.org/about/working-committee |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name=dha>{{citation | newspaper=[[Deccan Herald]] | url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Content/Oct262008/state2008102597275.asp | title=Sanskrit Avarana to be brought out | date= 26 October 2008}}</ref>
<ref name=oi>{{citation | url=https://www.oneindia.com/2008/11/04/sanskrit-version-of-avarana-released-mangalore.html | work=Oneindia | date= 4 November 2008 | title=Sanskrit version of 'Avarana' released in Mangalore}}</ref>
<ref name=hbs>{{citation | url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/08/25/stories/2006082502320200.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629041340/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/08/25/stories/2006082502320200.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=29 June 2011 | title=Top 10 books of the week | date= 25 August 2006 | newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>
<ref name=hgv>{{citation | url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/18/stories/2006051822740400.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030014338/http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/18/stories/2006051822740400.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=30 October 2007 | title=In Bangalore Today | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | date= 18 May 2006}}</ref>
<ref name=mangalorean>{{citation | url = http://www.mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=37847 | title = Reviving Sanskrit in Mangalore | date = 11 January 2007 | access-date = 10 March 2014 | archive-date = 3 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234211/http://www.mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=37847 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
<ref name=bal2013>{{citation | url = http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/pdf/Bal%20Sahitya%20Puraskar_E1.pdf | title = Press Release}}</ref>
<ref name=hparva>{{citation | url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/translation-is-challenging-work-say-writers/article4110683.ece | title = Translation is challenging work, say writers | date = 19 November 2012 | newspaper = The Hindu}}</ref>

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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180304221026/http://www.sanskrit.nic.in/DigitalBook/M/Mswk.pdf ''Modern Sanskrit Writings in Karnataka''], [[Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan]], 2009.
; Speeches by him
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vunAlriuCDQ Speech by H. R. Vishwasa] (in Sanskrit)
* [http://www.samskritabharati.org/sb/index.php?option=com_musicbox&task=view&Itemid=163&catid=98&id=13 saMskrita-kAvya-parichayaH] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200103/http://www.samskritabharati.org/sb/index.php?option=com_musicbox&task=view&Itemid=163&catid=98&id=13 |date=3 March 2016 }}, introduction to Sanskrit poetry/poetics
* [http://www.samskritabharati.org/sb/index.php?option=com_musicbox&task=view&Itemid=163&catid=98&id=14 saMskRtasAhitye hAsyam] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212930/http://www.samskritabharati.org/sb/index.php?option=com_musicbox&task=view&Itemid=163&catid=98&id=14 |date=3 March 2016 }}, humour in Sanskrit literature

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