Section 4 in The Shree Somnath Sanskrit University Act, 2005
4. Objects of the University.
- The objects of the University shall be as follows namely:-(a)to rejuvenate cherish and disseminate the universal values knowledge, wisdom and vision presented in Sanskrit language and literature and establish a progressive synthesis between ancient Indian wisdom and modern scientific thought in harmony with the needs of present and future;(b)to extend the benefits of knowledge and skills for the development of individuals and society by promoting the study of Sanskrit and cognate discipline;(c)to encourage, develop and foster the ideals and values enshrined in the Vedic study and Sanskrit literature and Shastras in the Sanskrit and other ancient languages and to bring these ideals and values in harmony with the needs of present and future generation and project a progressive synthesis in the light of the insights contained in the Sanskrit and other ancient languages;(d)to encourage, promote and conduct a system of education relevant to the studies of the Sanskrit literature with special emphasis on,-(i)the traditional relationship between the teacher and the taught (Guru-Shishya Parampara);(ii)methods of studies and experimentation in which discipline (anushashan) and self-study (swadhyaya) are fundamental components; and(iii)development of faculties, not only of empirical and rational knowledge but also of higher modes of consciousness;(e)to create and develop facilities for the integral development of personality of students under an atmosphere conducive to the fostering of capacities and values of physical, vital, mental, moral, scientific, atheistic and spiritual growth;(f)to provide facilities for teachers and students for learning-teaching processes so that individual attention to students is provided and objectives of scholarship and excellence are promoted;(g)to provide facilities for the study and practice of the traditional Vedic system of recitation from the early stage of education and to provide environment and facilities under which foundations of Sanskrit studies can be established among the young learners;(h)to develop and conduct teaching methodologies, practicable Sanskrit pedagogy for the benefit of educational innovations;(i)to provide facilities and programmes of studies centered on the cultural heritage of India leading to a harmonious synthesis of the East and the West;(j)to develop special courses of study of Sanskrit and to apprise of the major contribution of the Sanskrit in the maintenance of the emotional integration of the nation and to conduct special courses of study and to undertake activities therefor;(k)to organise and conduct expositions, exhibitions and extension programmes related to the themes expounded in the Veda-Vedanga literature and other related literature for generating new thoughts and ideology in that context;(l)to provide facilities for studies and research in Indian classical languages;and other classical languages such as Greek, Latin, Avestan, old Persian and also foreign languages such as South Asian languages, English, French, German, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Tibetan and encourage comparative study of these languages along with Sanksrit;(m)to promote interaction and co-ordination among Sanskrit Pathashalas, to make the study or traditional type of Sanskrit teaching-learning, more purposeful, and to effect a fusion between traditional and modern systems of Sanskrit education;(n)to establish special chair for the prosecution of studies in the Sanskrit and its literature and allied branches of the knowledge (Vidya Sakha) in Sanskrit;(o)to institute career-oriented courses through continuing education-correspondence and distance education;(p)to establish the research centres and discover in the ancient Sanskrit literature, the existence of the principles, ideology which are propounded and contained in the humanities and modern sciences such as Physics, Chemistry, Medical Science, Bio-Medical, Surgical and related subjects and which aim at linking the past with the present and enables the nation to meet the challenges of the future;(q)to prepare and conduct special courses to integrate the Ayurveda with modern medicine the Vastu Shastra with modern architecture the Arthashastra with modern economics and political science, the Vyakarana with modern grammar and linguistics;(r)to establish the schools for languages and literature philosophy, veda-vedanga, Shikshaka-Prashikshana, Dharma Shastra and such other schools as may be declared to be schools under the regulations.
