Agama Expert Prof Prabhakar Apte

Srivaishnavasri A.Krishnamachari. renowned historian inSrirangam interacts with Dr Prabhakar Apte, an expert in Agamas who resides at Pune. The video was recorded in Srirangam and both the stalwarts shared their experiences in general. In this 45 minute conversation, both the scholars discussed about the first printed material on agamas, old printing techniques, Dr.Apte's new project on translating Paarameswara Samhita etc.,

About Dr.Prabhakar Apte :

Dr. Prabhakar Apte (aged 82) has been editing the Sanskrit dictionary, a mammoth project launched by the Deccan College of Pune, for the past 20 years. He says that the dictionary is “based on historical principles” and is a compilation of words taken from 1,500 works, right from the Vedas to the nineteenth-century Sanskrit texts. Appreciative attempts have been made to record how the meaning of words change with time. This dictionary has been titled “Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Sanskrit on Historical Principle.“ Dr. Prabhakar Apte has a Ph.D. in Sanskrit and a Master’s in law; in fact, he obtained the first rank in Hindu law in the university.