KUMAR BHASKAR VARMA SANSKRIT AND ANCIENT STUDIES UNIVERSITY
KUMAR BHASKAR VARMA SANSKRIT AND ANCIENT STUDIES UNIVERSITY The Kumar Bhaskar Varma Sanskrit and Ancient Studies University was set up with a notification by the Government of Assam dated May 24, 2011. The emblem of the Universityhas its motto ‘सरस्वती श्रुतिमहताम महीयतम्’ (May the sayings of the wise be glorified) which is a quotation from Kalidasa, inscribed in it. The university has adopted a Kalidasean line meaning ‘May the Sayings of the Wise be Glorified’, as its motto. Knowledge is an eternal entity and dissemination of knowledge is what a university stands for. The motto is inscribed on a wrapped sheet of paper at the middle of the emblem. The quill used as a writing pen even till a few decades ago and the two burning earthen lights indicate the process of learning, which is as pure and bright as the sun, inscribed at the centre. The five concentric circles are taken to suggest that knowledge and learning can be had with the five organs, both sensory as well as c