Jaggu Vakulabhushana

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Died 1994

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".

Sanskrit works

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Kalikautukam – an unpublished Khandakavya,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Aghavighatini – devotional poem, on Rama; (unpublished)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Gandhinutih – poem, unpublished;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Vasudevasuprabhatam – devotional poetry, (unpublished);

Dasarathisuprabhatam – devotional poetry, (unpublished);

Subrahmanyasuprabhatam – devotional poetry, (unpublished);

Madhyaranganathastotram – devotional poetry, (unpublished)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Madhyaranganathasatanamastotram – devotional poetry,(unpublished);

Madhyaratiganayiksuprabhatam – devotional poetry, (unpublished);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Karmahalam – play, unpublished,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

Criitical works

Bhāvakaumudī – (Commentary on the play Kādambarīkalyāna)

Upākhyānaratnamañjūsā – Commentary on Kshemendra’s Cārucaryā

Miscellaneous works

Kanakamuktāmani

Shringerī śankarāryasvāgatam

Samasyāpūranāni

Suvarnānyoktipañcakam

Cātuślokāh

Anyoktimālā, (unpublished);

Adbhutavijñāpannam,

Prasannakāśyapavijñaptih

Syamantakavijñaptih

Pratijñākautilyvijñaptih(unpublished);

Yaduvamśa-caritavijñaptih

Translations

Srīvacanabhūshanam – (from Sanskrit into Kannada)

Caramupāyanirnayah

Other works

Laksmīdāsasāhiyam

Ajñātagranthāh

Works in Kannada

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.

References

Jaggu Vakulabhushana Wikipedia

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