Roopnarayan Tripathi is a scholar of classical Sanskrit texts, with multiple publications from Hansa Prakashan, Jaipur. He has contributed to the study of ancient Indian political thought with कौटिलीयम अर्थशास्त्रम (Kautiliyam Arthashastram), and to Sanskrit epic poetry with works such as नलविलासमहाकाव्यम् (Nalavilasa Mahakavyam), focusing on the seventh sarga, and an edition of महाकविभारविप्रणीतम् किरातार्जुनीयम् (Kiratarjuniyam In Mahakavi Bharavi Praneeth), specifically the second canto.