Jaggu Vakulabhushana was an eminent Sanskrit poet and writer. He was born Alwar Iyengar in 1902 at Chatraghosha near Melukote, India (Vakulabhushana was his pen name) and died in 1994. He was awarded the Sahitya Academy award for his seminal work "Jayantika".
Jayantika-Gadyakavya, based on Bana’s Kadambari (1990)
Yaduvamsacaritam – Gadyakavya based on Bana’s Harsacarita
Adbhutadutam an epic in 15 cantos, based on Udyaogaparvan on the Mahabharata (1968),
Karunarasatarangini- Khandakavya,
Patikoktimala – poetry,
Srngaralilamrtam – poetry
Kalikautukam – an unpublished Khandakavya,
Gitaraghavam – poetry
Vasantavatamsavarnanam – Khandakavya
Bharatasamgrahah – Campu
Yatirajacampu – Campu
Yatrodantacampu – Campu
Laksmistutimanjari – devotional poem,
Hayavadanastotram – devotional poem,
Amrtadhirohini – devotional poem,
Aghavighatini – devotional poem, on Rama; (unpublished)
Laksmidandakah – devotional poetry,
Yadusailasatakam – Satakakavya,
Gandhinutih – poem, unpublished;
Kodandaramasuprabhatam – devotional poetry,
Vasudevasuprabhatam – devotional poetry, (unpublished);
Dasarathisuprabhatam – devotional poetry, (unpublished);
Subrahmanyasuprabhatam – devotional poetry, (unpublished);
Madhyaranganathastotram – devotional poetry, (unpublished)
Madhyaranganathasuprabhatam – devotional poetry, (un-published);
Madhyaranganathasatanamastotram – devotional poetry,(unpublished);
Madhyaratiganayiksuprabhatam – devotional poetry, (unpublished);
Mahalaksmisuprabhatam – devotional poetry,
Sriyoganrsimhasuprabhatam – devotional poetry,
Sriyoganrsimhamangalastotram – devotional poetry,
Srimallesvarakrsnasuprabhatam – devotional poetry,
Srimallesvarakrsnamangalam – devotional poetry,
Madhyajanardana suprabhatam – devotional poetry,
Janardanasumangalam – devotional poetry,
Venkataryavandanam –- devotional poetry,
Prapannavani- devotional poetry,
Adbhutamsukam – play, (precursor to Venisamhara of Bhattanarayana)
Pratijnakautilyam – play, (precursor to Mudrarakshasa of Vishakhadatta)
Prasannakasyapam-play,(successor of Abhijnanasakuntala of Kalidasa)
Karmahalam – play, unpublished,
Maniharanam – play, (successor of Bhasa’s Urubhanga)
Maiijulamaiijiram – play
Balivijayam –play,
Amulyamalyam – play,
Yauvarajyam – play,
Pratijñåśāntanavam – play,
Anangadāprahasnam – a farce,
Samyuktā – a play,
Nighnatāpasam – a play, 1982
Navajīmūtam – a play 1986,
Mugdhakuntalam – play, 1993
Prabuddhaprajñam. Play 1993
Kaumudīyam – play, 1993
Vīrasaubhadram – play, precursor to Dūtaghatotkaca of Bhāsa
Vrataphalam – play, 1993
Kalikālusyam – play, 1993
Dāśarathidarśanam – play, 1993
Vitīrnāmrtam – play, 1993
Syamantakam – play, 1993
Maireyapāramyam – play, 1993
Bhāvakaumudī – (Commentary on the play Kādambarīkalyāna)
Upākhyānaratnamañjūsā – Commentary on Kshemendra’s Cārucaryā
Kanakamuktāmani
Shringerī śankarāryasvāgatam
Samasyāpūranāni
Suvarnānyoktipañcakam
Cātuślokāh
Anyoktimālā, (unpublished);
Adbhutavijñāpannam,
Prasannakāśyapavijñaptih
Syamantakavijñaptih
Pratijñākautilyvijñaptih(unpublished);
Yaduvamśa-caritavijñaptih
Srīvacanabhūshanam – (from Sanskrit into Kannada)
Caramupāyanirnayah
Laksmīdāsasāhiyam
Ajñātagranthāh
Naguvintagantu (Autobiographical comic story),
Rādhāmohan – Cine-play,
Rāmjīrangsthola – comic essays,
Melunadina Bhāgyodaya,
Ambarīsacarita,
Bhagavatya-daśaka,
Vedāntavū Sāhityavū,
Janārdasuprabhātopodgātha,
Māhālakshmīsuprabhātopodgātha,
Srīvacana-bhūśanopodgātha,
Amrtādhirohinīsuprabhātopodgātha,
Padmapurāna (translation of 3 chapters – unpublished),
Gītopanyāsa,
Rāmāyanopanyasa.
Awards and recognition
Sahitya Akademi award for creative writing in Sanskrit.
President’s certificate of honour.
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