Congratulations Mādhava-mahodaya! A well-deserved honor!

Jesse Knutson PhD
Professor of Sanskrit Language and Literature 
Department of Indo-Pacific Languages and Literatures
University of Hawai'i, Mānoa
461 Spalding

E io ch’avea d’error la testa cinta,
dissi: «Maestro, che è quel ch’i’ odo?
e che gent’ è che par nel duol sì vinta?


Ed elli a me: «Questo misero modo
tegnon l’anime triste di coloro
che visser sanza ’nfamia e sanza lodo.


Mischiate sono a quel cattivo coro
de li angeli che non furon ribelli

né fur fedeli a Dio, ma per sé fuoro.


Caccianli i ciel per non esser men belli,

né lo profondo inferno li riceve,                                             

ch’alcuna gloria i rei avrebber d’elli». 

(Inferno 3.31-39)



On Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 4:22 AM Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
Happy to share the news with you:

I was informed this morning that the Kavikulaguru Kalidas Sanskrit Vishvavidyalaya, Ramtek, Nagpur, India, has selected me for the 2025 Mahakavi Kalidas Samskritavrati Rashtriya Puraskar [National Award of Rs. 100, 000 for dedication to Sanskrit scholarship]. The news made my day.!!!😀😀😀😀

Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies
Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India

[Residence: Campbell, California, USA]

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