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List of educational institutions which have Sanskrit phrases as their mottos

List of educational institutions which have Sanskrit phrases as their mottos


The following is a list of educational institutions that use Sanskrit phrases as their official mottos. Acharya Nagarjuna University - satye sarva pratihitam / / satye sarvaM pratiShThitam (Everything is established in truth) All India Institute of Medical Sciences - arramdya khalu dharmasdhanam / / shareeramAdyaM khalu dharmasAdhanam (Body alone is the instrument of doing all duties/deeds, Kumarsambhavam) Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham - raddhvn labhate jnam / / shraddhAvAn labhate GYaanam (Reverent attains wisdom, Rigveda) Andhra University - tejasvi nvadhtamastu / / tejasvi naavadhiitamastu (May our knowledge become brilliant) Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University- tejasvi nvadhtamastu / / tejasvi naavadhiitamastu (May our knowledge become brilliant)[1] Banaras Hindu University - vidyay amta anute / / vidyayA amRRitaM ashnute (Eat nectar through knowledge, i.e. be immortal through knowledge) Banasthali Vidyapith - s vidy y vimuktaye / / sA vidyA yA vimuktaye (That is knowledge which liberates) Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur - uttiha jgrata prpya varnnibodhata / / uttiShTha jAgrata prApya varAnnibodhata (arise, awake, obtaining worthy (teachers), Know (the truth)) Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi - s vidy y vimuktaye / / sA vidyA yA vimuktaye (That is knowledge which liberates) Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani - jna parama balam / / GYaanaM paramaM balam (Knowledge is the supreme power) Central Board of Secondary Education - asato m sadgamaya / / asato mA sadgamaya ((Lead us) From Untruth to Truth) Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology - swayam tejaswin bhava(Be self-enlightened) Cochin University of Science and Technology - tejasvi nvadhtamastu / / tejasvi naavadhiitamastu (May our knowledge become brilliant) College of Engineering, Trivandrum - karma jyayoghya karmanah Delhi University - nih dhti satyam / / niShThA dhRRitiH satyam (Reverent dedication grasps truth) Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya - dhiyo yo na pracodayt / / dhiyo yo naH prachodayaat (May (the divine savitA) propel our intellect) Gayatri Vidyapeeth, Shantikunj, Haridwar - vidy dadti vinayam / (Knowledge generates humility) G.B. Pant Engg College (GBPEC) Pauri - tamaso m jyotirgamaya / / tamaso mA jyotirgamaya ((Lead us) From Darkness to Light) Gujarat National Law University - no bhadr kratavo yantu vivata (1.89.1 rigveda) / / A no bhadraaH kratavo yantu vishvataH (Let good (thoughts) come from everywhere, from all the world) Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University - /jyotivranit tamso vijajnam Hans Raj College - / Tamso ma jyotir gamaya

List of educational institutions which have Sanskrit phrases as their mottos Hidayatullah National Law University - Dharma Sansthapanartham (for the sake of establishing the primacy of the laws of eternal value). Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur - yoga karmasu kaualam / / yogaH karmasu kaushalam (excellence in action is yoga) Indian Institute of Technology Bombay - jna parama dhyeyam / / GYaanaM paramaM dhyeyam (knowledge is the supreme goal) Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati - jn hee shakti hai / / GYaan hee Shakti hai (Knowledge Is Power)[2] Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur - tamaso m jyotirgamaya / / tamaso mA jyotirgamaya ((Lead us) From Darkness to Light) Indian Institute of Technology Madras - siddhirbhavati karmaj / / siddhirbhavati karmajA (success is born of action) Indian Institute of Technology Patna - vidyarthi labhate vidyam / / vidyarthi labhate vidyam (One who aspires wisdom, attains it) Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee - ramam vin na kimapi sdhyam / / shramam vinA na kimapi sAdhyam (Without effort nothing is possible) Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad - vidy viniyogt viksa / / vidyA viniyogAt vikAsaH (Progress comes from proper application of knowledge) Indian Institute of Management Bangalore - tejasvi nvadhtamastu / / tejasvi naavadhiitamastu (May our knowledge become brilliant) Indian Institute of Management Lucknow - suprabandhe rashtra samriddhi/ / (Better Management for a Better Nation) Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode - yoga karmasu kaualam / / yogaH karmasu kaushalam (Excellence in action is yoga) Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Gwalior - vivajvanmtam jnam / / vishvajeevanAmRRitam GYaanam (Knowledge is the nectar of Life) Indian School of Mines Dhanbad - uttiha jgrata prpya varnnibodhata / / uttiShTha jAgrata prApya varAnnibodhata (Arise, Awake and Learn by approaching excellent teachers) Indian Statistical Institute - bhinnevaikyasya daranam / / bhinneShvaikyasya darshanam (See one in many) (even in differences, see the unity). "bhinneShu eva ekyasya darshanam") Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad - yoga karmasu kaualam / / yogaH karmasu kaushalam (Excellence in action is yoga) Jamnabai Narsee School Mumbai - vidy parama balam / / vidyA paramaM balam (Knowledge is the supreme power) Kendriya Vidyalaya - tattva panapvu / / tattvaM pUShanapAvRRiNu ((Lord) Remove Thou the Covering (that the Seeker may see the Truth)) Kurukshetra University - yogastha kuru karmi / / yogastha kuru karmANi (Do while steadfast in yoga) Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College, Gorakhpur - yoga karmasu kaualam / / yogaH karmasu kaushalam (Excellence in action is yoga) The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara - satya iva sundaram / / satyaM shivaM sundaram (truth, auspiciousness, beauty) Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth Malaviya National Institute of Technology - yoga karmasu kaualam / / yogaH karmasu kaushalam (Excellence in action is yoga) Management Development Institute - yoga karmasu kaualam / / yogaH karmasu kaushalam (Excellence in action is yoga)

List of educational institutions which have Sanskrit phrases as their mottos Manipal University - pragynam brahm / / pragynam brahm (Knowledge is the attainment of God) Modern School, New Delhi - ""Naimatma Balheenien Labhya"" (Perfection can only be achieved by the strong/The weak cannot achieve perfection) Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad - siddhirbhavati karmaj / / siddhirbhavati karmajA (Success is born of action) National Institute of Technology, Durgapur - udyogah purushasya lakshanam / / udyogah purushasya lakshanam (Industry is man's objective) National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur - Udyamena hi siddhaynti kryi na manorathai / / A goal is achieved through labor, not by desire only (from Nti ataka by Bharthari). Full text: Udyamena hi siddhaynti kryi na manorathai| na h suptasya simhasya mukhe pravianti mga|| (A goal is achieved through labor, not by desire only. As a deer by himself wouldn't enter the mouth of a sleeping lion.) National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra - ramonavarata ce ca / / shramonavarata cheShTA cha (Tireless effort and attempt) National Institute of Technology,Raipur - / Nityam Yato Shubhodayam/Let the rise of goodness happen every day Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology - no bhadr kratavo yantu vivata (1.89.1 rigveda) / / A no bhadraaH kratavo yantu vishvataH (Let good (thoughts) come from everywhere, from all the world) Osmania University- tamaso m jyotirgamaya / / tamaso mA jyotirgamaya (Lead us from Darkness to Light) National Law School of India University - dharmo rakati rakita / / dharmo rakShati rakShitaH (Values protect the protector (of values)) Rajkumar College Raipur - swadeshe pujyate raja vidvan sarvatra pujyate/ / (A ruler is revered only in his kingdom, A learned man all over the world) Rajhans Vidyalaya - vidy vinayena obhate / / vidyA vinayena shobhate(Knowledge graces by humility) Ramakrishna Mission - tmano mokrtha jagadhitya ca / / Atmano mokShArthaM jagadhitAya cha(For one's own salvation, and for the welfare of the world) St. Xavier's School, Bokaro - roopntarikaraneeyam / / rOOpantarikaranEEyam (Towards self-transformation) Sainik School Rewa - vidyaiva balam / / vidyaiva balam (Knowledge is Power) Sainik School, Chittorgarh - na dainya na palyanam / / na dainyaM na palAyanam (no misery, no running away) (For a soldier, one should not seek mercy nor one should run away from the battlefield) Sampurnanand Sanskrit University - Srutam me gopya / / shrutam me gopaaya (Let my learning be safe, i.e. let it be fruitful, let me not forget my learning) Samrat Ashok Technological Institute - yoga karmasu kaualam / / yogaH karmasu kaushalam (Excellence in action is yoga) Sandipani School Nagpur - s vidy y vimuktaye / / sA vidyA yA vimuktaye (Knowledge is that which liberates) Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning - satya vada dharma cara / / satyaM vada dharmaM chara (Speak the Truth, Walk the Righteous Path) Sri Venkateswara University - Jnnam Samyaga Vekshanam Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University - tamaso m jyotirgamaya / / tamaso mA jyotirgamaya (Lead Us from Darkness to Light) University of Calicut - Nirmaya Karmana Sree University of Colombo - Buddhih Sarvatra Brjate

List of educational institutions which have Sanskrit phrases as their mottos University of Delhi - Nisht Drithih Satyam University of Hyderabad - Sa Vidhya Ya Vimukthaye (Education results in liberation) University of Kerala - Karmani Vyajyate Prajna University of Moratuwa - vidyaiva sarvadhanam / / vidyaiva sarvadhanam (Knowledge is the greatest wealth) University of Mysore - Nahi Jnanena Sadrusham (Nothing is Equal to Knowledge) / Sathyamevoddharamyaham (I uphold only the truth) University of Peradeniya - sarvasya locana stram / / sarvasya lochanaM shAstram (Science is the eye of all) University of Pune - : / yaH kriyAwAn sa paNDitaH (Learned is the one who is industrious) University of Rajasthan - Dharmo Vishwasya Jagatah Pratishtha Uttar Pradesh Technical University - yoga karmasu kaualam / / yogaH karmasu kaushalam (Excellence in action is yoga) Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School - / saha vIryam karavAvahai (Let the teacher and student together perform great acts of strength) Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur - yoga karmasu kaualam / / yogaH karmasu kaushalam (excellence in action is yoga)

West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences - Yuktiheena Vicharetu Dharmahnih Prajayate (Judgement Devoid of Logic Destroys Dharma) Naval Construction Wing, IIT Delhi - Kritih Vishwatishayani ((May what we create be the best in the world)) Arya Samaj School - Krinvanto Vishwam Aryam / (Let us make this world a noble place to live in) Income Tax Department- Kosh Moolo Dandah / (Treasury is the root of administration) M. J. P. Rohilkhand University- Charaiveti-Charaiveti / (-)- (Keep moving, keep moving) Uttar Pradesh Police - Paritranaya sadhunam vinashaya cha dushkritam (For the upliftment of the good and virtuous, for the destruction of evil) Directorate of Employment and training [3]

References
[1] "Sanskrit phrases as purvanchal university motto" (http:/ / vbspu. ac. in/ ). tejasvi naavadhiitamastu [2] https:/ / en. wikipedia. org/ wiki/ Indian_Institute_of_Technology_Guwahati [3] - -(Expertness is Strength) (http:/ / www. dget. nic. in/ )

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