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{{Short description|University in Haryana, India}}
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'''Maharshi Valmiki Sanskrit University''' ('''MVSU''') is a university established in 2018 by the [[Government of Haryana]] at [[Mundri]] village of [[Kaithal district]] of India. It is 12 km east of [[Kaithal]], 111 km from the state capital [[Chandigarh]], 145 km from [[Hisar city|Hisar]], and 164 km from the [[National Capital Region (India)|NCR]] [[New Delhi]].

== History ==
On 15 March 2018, the bill to establish this university was passed in [[Haryana Vidhan Sabha]].<ref name=uni1/> Though the idea for this university was first conceived by the Chief Minister, [[Manohar Lal Khattar]], in 2015.<ref name=uni3>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/faridabad/sanskrit-university-to-be-set-up-in-kaithal-manohar-lal-khattar/articleshow/57267433.cms Sanskrit University to be set up in Kaithal: Manohar Lal Khattar], [[The Times of India]], 21 Feb 2017.</ref><ref name=uni4>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/khattar-announces-scholarships-sanskrit-university-for-scs/article7801362.ece Khattar announces scholarships, Sanskrit university for SCs], [[The Hindu]], 24 Oct 2015</ref> It was established through the Haryana Act No. 20 OF 2018.<ref name=uni1>[http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/maharishi-valmiki-sanskrit-university-to-be-set-up-at-kaithal-118031501294_1.html Maharishi Valmiki Sanskrit University to be set up at Kaithal], Business Standard, 15 Mar 2018.</ref><ref name=uni2>[https://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/haryana-government-announced-to-open-sanskrit-university-at-mundri -Haryana announces Sanskrit university], Jagranjosh.</ref> It is named after the Hindu sage, [[Valmiki]],<ref name=uni4/> the celebrated [[Sanskrit literature]] author of [[Ramayana]] (500 BC to 100 BC),<ref>{{cite news|title=All Indian life is here|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2008/aug/23/art.ramayana|accessdate=27 April 2015|newspaper=The Guardian|date=23 August 2008|quote="Read 5th Paragraph"}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sri Aurobindo on the Indian Epic Ramayana|url=http://uwf.edu/lgoel/documents/asriaurobindoonindianepicramayana.pdf|website=uwf.edu|publisher=University of West Florida|accessdate=27 April 2015|page=2|format=PDF|quote=read end paragraph of page 2}}</ref><ref name="Golgman1">{{cite book | author = Valmiki, Robert P. Goldman | title = {{IAST|The Ramayana of Valmiki}}: An Epic of Ancient India | volume = 1 | publisher = Princeton University Press | year = 1990 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/ramayanaofva01valm/page/14 14–15] | isbn = 0-691-01485-X | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/ramayanaofva01valm/page/14 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=harking back : Myths and facts of the beginnings of Lahore|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1111338}}</ref><ref>Goldman, Robert P., ''The Ramayana of Valmiki: An Epic of Ancient India'' pp. 23</ref> who was contemporary of [[Rama]] and revered as ''Ādi Kavi'', the first poet, author of ''Ramayana'', the first epic poem.

[[Haryana]] state has over [[Dayanand Brahm Mahavidyala, Hisar#Sanskrit education in Haryana|24 Sanskrit colleges]] offering education equivalent to bachelor's degree, additionally masters and doctoral level degrees are also offered by the [[Kurukshetra University]] and [[Maharshi Dayanand University]].<ref name=sansexp6>[http://www.sanskrit.nic.in/SSII/ssii7.pdf Haryana] in [http://www.sanskrit.nic.in/SSII.htm Sanskrit Studies In India], [[Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan]].</ref>

== The university==
=== Objectives ===
The university is established as a teaching and affiliating university for research in [[Sanskrit]] and its [[Sanskrit revival|revival]], [[vedas]], [[Languages of India|Indic languages]], [[Culture of India|Indian culture]] and [[Indian philosophy]].<ref name=uni1/>

===Campus===
The university currently operates from its temporary campus at BR Ambedkar Government College, Kaithal while its campus is being constructed at [[Mundri]] village.<ref name=sansun1>[http://www.uniindia.com/sanskrit-university-set-up-in-kaithal-vc-assumes-charge/states/news/1326772.html Sanskrit University set up in Kaithal], Uni India, Aug 2018.</ref>

== See also ==
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* [[Sanskrit revival#Modern Sanskrit universities in India|List of Modern Sanskrit universities]]
* [[List of institutions of higher education in Haryana]]
* [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Sanskrit]]
* [[Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University]]
* [[Sampurnanand Sanskrit University]]
* [[Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan]]
* [[Samskrita Bharati]]
* [[Mattur]]
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== References ==
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{{Sanskrit Universities in India}}
{{Universities in Haryana}}
{{Languages of South Asia|state=collapsed}}
{{Education in Asia}}
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[[Category:Universities in Haryana]]
[[Category:Sanskrit universities in India]]
[[Category:2018 establishments in Haryana]]
[[Category:Universities and colleges established in 2018]]
[[Category:Universities and colleges established in the 2010s]]
[[Category:Kaithal district]]

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Ajay Kumar at 13:15, 19 September 2023