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{{Short description|Sanskrit scholar and poet}}
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'''Kalika Prasad Shukla''' ({{langx|sa|कालिकाप्रसादशुक्लः}}) (born 15 October 1921<ref name="tripathi291-2">Tripathi (ed.) 2012, pp. 291–292.</ref> - 1993) was a [[Sanskrit]] scholar and poet based in [[Varanasi]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]. He won the [[Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit]] in the year 1986 for the epic poem ''Śrīrādhācaritamahākāvyam''.<ref name="tripathi291-2"/><ref name="eoil"/><ref name="sa1986"/> He was the Head of Departments of [[Vedanga]] and [[Sanskrit grammar|Vyākaraṇa]] at the [[Sampurnanand Sanskrit University]].<ref name="edsl1"/>

==Life==
Kalika Prasad Shukla was born in the Mathia-Shukia village in [[Deoria, Uttar Pradesh|Deoria district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name="edsl1">Singh and Baruah 2004, pp. 1473-1475.</ref> He obtained the ''Navyavyakaranacharya'', ''Nyaya Shastri'' and ''Kavyatirtha'' degrees in the traditional (Gurukula) system of Sanskrit learning. He then obtained the ''Acharya'' (Master of Arts) degree in Sanskrit from Agra University in 1957. In 1978, he obtained the degree of ''Vachaspti'' (DLitt) from the Sampurnanand Sanskrit University along with a Gold Medal.<ref name="edsl1"/>

From 1957 to 1968, he taught as a lecturer in the Baroda Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya under the [[Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda|Maharaja Sayajirao University]].<ref name="edsl1"/> He joined the Sampurnanand Sanskrit University in 1968 and served there till his retirement in 1982. From 1968 to 1975 he served as a Lecturer, from 1975 to 1979 as a Reader, and from 1979 to 1982 as a Professor. He retired as the Head of Departments of Vedanga and Vyakarana.<ref name="edsl1"/> After retiring from the Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, he settled in Varanasi.<ref name="tripathi291-2"/> He took his last breathe because of brain haemorrhage on 21 June 1993 in Varanasi as per his last wish.

==Major works==
Kalika Prasad Shukla has authored fifteen books and more than 25 papers.<ref name="tripathi291-2"/><ref name="edsl1"/> His major works include−

===Epic poem===
* ''Śrīrādhācaritamahākāvyam'' (श्रीराधाचरितमहाकाव्यम्) (1986) – This is an epic poem in 13 cantos on the love life of [[Radha]] and [[Krishna]].<ref name="eoil">Lal 2006, pp. 4158–4159.</ref><ref name="dalal">Dalal 2011, p. 384.</ref><ref name="edsl2">Singh and Baruah 2004, pp. 1448-1450.</ref> The entire poem is from the perspective of Radha. The work is epical in mode with hardly any dialogues. ''Madhura Bhakti'' is the main [[Rasa (aesthetics)|Rasa]] of the poem.<ref name="eoil"/><ref name="dalal"/> There is detailed poetic description of nature including the land of [[Braja]], the river [[Yamuna]], the hamlets, cowherds, seasons, groves, sunrise, moonrise, flora and fauna, et cetera. The work received the Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit in 1986 for its "innovative form, epical structure and devotional appeal".<ref name="eoil"/><ref name="sa1986">{{cite web | title=Akademi Awards Information | url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/showSearchAwardsResult.jsp?year=&author=&awards=AA&language=SANSKRIT | accessdate=19 October 2012 | publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]]}}</ref>

===Minor poem===
* ''Sūryaśatakam'' (सूर्यशतकम्) (1983) – A poem of one hundred verses devoted to [[Surya]].

===Research===
* ''Vaiyākaraṇānāmanyeṣāñca Matena Śabdasvarūpatacchaktivicāraḥ'' (वैयाकरणानामन्येषाञ्च मतेन शब्दस्वरूपतच्छक्तिविचारः) (1979)

===Critical editions===
* ''Paramalaghumañjūṣā'' (परमलघुमञ्जूषा) (1961) of Nagesha Bhatta.<ref name="eoip">{{cite book | title=Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies: The philosophy of the grammarians, Volume 5 | last=Raja | first=K. Kunjunni | year=1990 | publisher=Motilal Banarsidass | location=New Delhi, India | isbn=9788120804265 | editor1-first=Harold G. | editor1-last=Coward |editor-link1=Harold Coward | editor2-first=Karl H | editor2-last=Potter | page=324}}</ref>
* ''Kovidānandaḥ'' (कोविदानन्दः) (1963) of Ashadhara Bhatta.<ref>{{cite book | title=Āśādharabhaṭṭa: the contribution of Āśādhara Bhaṭṭa to Saṃskrit poetics | last=Mishra | first=Jagadish Prasad | year=1987 | publisher=Eastern Book Linkers | location=New Delhi, India | page=7}}</ref>
* ''Citramīmāṃsā'' (चित्रमीमांसा) (1965) of [[Appayya Dikshita]].<ref name="edsl1"/>
* ''Paribhāṣenduśekharaḥ'' (परिभाषेन्दुशेखरः) (1975) of Nagesha Bhatta.
* ''Vaiyākaraṇasiddhāntamañjūṣā'' (वैयाकरणसिद्धान्तमञ्जूषा) (1977) of Nagesha Bhatta.
* ''Kāśikāvṛttiḥ'' (काशिकावृत्तिः) (1985) of Vamana and Jayaditya. Six volumes of the commentary on [[Pāṇini]]'s [[Pāṇini#Ashtadhyayi|Aṣṭādhyāyī]]. With Dvarikadasa Shastri.<ref name="edsl1"/>

===Commentaries===
* The commentary ''Jyotsanā'' on the ''Paramalaghumañjūṣā''.<ref name="eoip"/>
* A commentary on the third canto of the ''Candraprabhācaritam''.<ref name="edsl1"/>
* A commentary on the fifth canto of the ''[[Kumārasambhava]]m''.<ref name="edsl1"/>

==Awards and recognition==

===Awards===
* 1986. ''Vishishta Puraskar'' by the Sanskrit Akademy of Uttar Pradesh for outstanding contribution to Sanskrit literature.<ref name="edsl1"/>
* 1986. Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit for the work ''Śrīrādhācaritamahākāvyam''.<ref name="edsl1"/>

===Recognition===
Shukla is known for his creative writing skills and is acclaimed as a poet of great distinction.<ref name="edsl1"/> Roshen Dalal wrote that the ''Śrīrādhācaritamahākāvyam'' is a "rare, high quality Sanskrit works of the twentieth century."<ref name="dalal"/> K. Krishnamoorthy wrote about him−<ref name="edsl1"/>
{{Quote|There are thousands like him proficient in Sanskrit, but few are real poets. ... it is very hard to find a writer who sticks to traditional canons with convictions and yet succeeds in producing a sustained poem of moderate length, rising above mediocrity and blends in his composition the ever-fresh longings of man for communication with the divine.}}

==References==
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==Works cited==
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* {{cite book | title=Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide | last=Dalal | first=Roshen | year=2011 | publisher=Penguin Books India | location=New Delhi, India | isbn=9780143414216}}
* {{cite book | title=The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature – Volume Five (Sasay To Zorgot), Volume 5 | last=Lal | first=Mohan | year=2006 | publisher=Sahitya Akademi | location=New Delhi, India | isbn=9788126012213}}
* {{cite book | title=Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Sanskrit Literature, Volume 1 (A–Dh)| editor1-last=Bhattacharya | editor1-first=J N | editor2-last=Sarkar | editor2-first=Nilanjana | edition=First | year=2004 | publisher=Global Vision Publishing House | location=New Delhi, India | isbn=9788187746843}}
* {{cite book |editor-first=Radha Vallabh |editor-last=Tripathi | year=2012 | title=संस्कृतविद्वत्परिचायिका – Inventory of Sanskrit Scholars |location=New Delhi, India | publisher=Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan |isbn=978-93-8611-185-2 | url=http://www.sanskrit.nic.in/DigitalBook/I/Inventory%20of%20Sanskrit%20Scholars.pdf | accessdate=16 April 2012}}
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==External links==
{{Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit}}
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[[Category:Writers from Varanasi]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Sanskrit]]
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[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:Poets from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Scholars from Varanasi]]

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