P. C. Devassia
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Plakil Chacko Devassia, often known as P. C. Devassia (24 March 1906 – 10 October 2006), was a Sanskrit
scholar and poet from Kerala
, India
. In 1980 he won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit for his poem Kristubhagavatam
.
Sanskrit
Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
scholar and poet from Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. In 1980 he won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit for his poem Kristubhagavatam
Kristubhagavatam
Kristubhagavatam: A Mahakavya in Sanskrit based on the life of Jesus Christ is a Sanskrit epic poem on the life of Jesus Christ composed by P. C. Devassia , a Sanskrit scholar and poet from Kerala, India...
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