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Jagannath Prasad Bhanu (Hindi: जगन्नाथ प्रसाद भानु, 8 August 1959 – 25 October 1945) was a famous Hindi scholar of poetics and prosody. He is recognized as the pioneering scholar of aesthetics in Hindi. His most famous work was Chandaḥprabhākara, a work on prosody in Hindi, which saw nine editions during his life.

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Life

Jagannath Prasad Bhanu was born on August 8, 1859 at Nagpur, the capital of then Central Provinces. He spent most of his life in Bilaspur in modern-day Chhattisgarh. He was a scholar of Hindi, Sanskrit, Prakrit, English, Urdu, Persian, Odia and Marathi. He was especially interested in linguistics and mathematics.

In 1940 he was conferred the title of Mahamahopadhyaya. Bhanu died in 1945.

Major works

  • Chandaḥprabhākara (1894): A work on prosody in Hindi. This popular work saw many editions during his lifetime, and was published in its ninth edition in 1939.
  • Navapañcāmṛta Rāmāyaṇa (1897): This is a work based on the Ramcharitmanas.
  • Kāvyaprabhākara (1909): A work on poetics in Hindi.
  • Chanda Sārāvalī (1917).
  • Alaṅkāra Praśnottarī (1918).
  • Hindī Kāvyālaṅkāra (1918).
  • Kāvya Prabandha (1918).
  • Kāvya Kusumāñjali (1920).
  • Nāyikā Bheda Śaṅkāvalī (1925).
  • Rasaratnākara (1927): A work on aesthetics in Hindi.
  • Śrī Tulasī Tatva Prakāśa (1931).
  • Rāmāyaṇa Varṇāvalī (1936).
  • Alaṅkāra Darpaṇa (1936).
  • Śrī Tulasī Bhāva Prakāśa (1937).

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