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About Rewa Prasad Dwivedi
- Acharya Rewa Prasad Dwivedi' Sanatana' is a Sanskrit scholar and poet, known for: Writing voluminous new Sanskrit literature in the form of epics and lyrics (over 13,000 new verses in three epics and fifteen lyrics: five times more than those by Kalidasa in Sanskrit, the last great Sanskrit poet of over 2000 years ago, and about four times more than those by Shakespeare in English), plays (two), and prose (several books, plus over 125 articles). Establishing new literary principles in Sanskrit sahitya sastra (5 books on new theories of poetics and dramaturgy). Editing, preserving, compiling, indexing, and republishing the works of all major Sanskrit scholars of the past two millennia for future generations (over 15,000 published pages across 24 major volumes covering about 35 scholars, 10 hindi monographs, and 1 comprehensive critical history).His total literary output exceeds that of all leading Sanskrit scholars of the past two millennia.
- He is the youngest winner of Certificate of Honour by President of India (1978).
- He has won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit (1991), three Ratna awards (Sahitya Ratna, Pandit Ratna, and Ratna Sadasya), the prestigious P.V.
- Kane Gold Medal (1983) from The Asiatic Society of Mumbai, three honorary Mahamahopadhyaya titles, a Mahamahadhyapak title, and dozens of India's national and state level awards, honors, and felicitations (Vishwabharati, Srivani, Kalpvalli, Vedvyasa, Vachaspati, Kabir Samman, Bhoja, Vishistha, Valmiki, Mitra, just to name a few).
- The historical Asiatic Society of Mumbai also awarded Acharya Dwivedi its Honorary Fellowship in 1995, a 204 year old fellowship previously awarded to legends such as M.M.
- P.V.
- Kane himself, India's President Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, famous film director Satyajit Ray, and the scholar-leader Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (http://asiaticsociety.org.in/index.php/activities/fellowships-and-medals).
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