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Pen name
  
Vanikavi

Name
  
Manmohan Acharya

Genre
  
Poetry


Period
  
1987–

Nationality
  
Indian

Role
  
Poet

Manmohan Acharya

Born
  
20 October 1967Lathanga, Orissa,India (
1967-10-20
)

Occupation
  
Poet, script writer for,Playwright, essayist

Subject
  
Post modernism, Realism,

Manmohan Acharya


Manmohan Acharya is a poet and lyricist from India. His Sanskrit poems and lyrics have been put to music and danced to in the Odissi classical Indian dance form. A devotional song from his Gitamohanam is featured in the 2009 Bollywood movie, The Desire. He is also a researcher and published author.

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Early life

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Manmohan Acharya was born in 1967 in Lathanga, a village in the Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa, India to Pandit Mayadhar Acharya and Parvati Devi.

Poetry

His poetry includes the following works:

  • Gitamohanam. One of its devotional songs features in the 2009 movie The Desire.
  • Gita-bhaaratam(lyrics). A compilation of patriotic songs.
  • Gita milindam (lyrics) consists of 15 songs (gunjans) with different rhythms.
  • Palli-panchaasika (1987) - a Sanskrit minor poem (Khaṇḍakāvya)
  • Subhasa-charitam - in Mahakavya style
  • Sri Sivananda-Laharika - in Kāvya style
  • Yati-giti-satakam(Sataka-kavya)

    • Dance drama

    He has written dance dramas including:

  • Arjuna-Pratijnaa
  • Shrita-kamalam
  • Pada-pallavam
  • Divya-Jayadevam
  • Ravana
  • Pingalaa
  • Mrtyu
  • Sthitaprajnah
  • Tantram
  • Purva-sakuntalam
  • Uttara-sakuntalam

    • Translation

  • Gitagovinda of Jayadev as Gitagovind Rasaavali

    • Research

    1. Sistaachaara (Book)
    2. Maagha And Bhanja in Picture Poetry(Book)
    3. Indian Trend of Human Rights
    4. An Algebraic Operation in Vedic Mathematics ;
    5. Sharadindu-sundara-ruchih devi, Vani vaa Shakti-ruupini ;
    6. Sixty Four Arts, A Study ;
    7. Contribution of Sanskrit in Advancement of Oriya Language ;
    8. An Encyclopedic Dictionary Of Yajurvedic Upanishads (Book)
    9. Vedic Research In Orissa during 20th Century ;
    10. Mind in Shiva-samkalpa hymn, A psycho-philosophical Analysis
    11. Bhaarata-pamkaja-dalamidam Utkal-mandala-miti viditam yat ;
    12. Description of Heart in Upanisads
    13. Concept of Human Rights in Vedic Tradition;
    14. Vedic Trend of Human Rights vrs. Varna- Ashrama System ;
    15. Financial Emergency : Kautilya's Arthashastra vis-a-vis Indian Constitution;
    16. Kavivara- Bhaarata-varsham Shrauta-puraatanamaarsham ;
    17. Tarka Vaachaspati Madhusudan Mishra, A study
    18. Map of Puranic India

    Awards

  • Sanskrit Eloquency Award, Vikram University, Ujjain, M.P.,1990
  • Vanikavi Award from Vanivinodi Parishad, Utkal University,1991
  • Doctor of Philosophy from Sri Jagannath Sanskrit University, 2003
  • Gita-Saarasa Award from Christ College, Cuttack administration,05.02.2005
  • Delhi Sanskrit Academy Award for instant poem writing, 2007
  • Ananda Bharadvaja Sammanah, 2007
  • Lokakavyanidhi Award,from All India Lokabhasa Prachara Samiti,Puri, 2008
  • Bharata-Bharati-Samman from National Sanskrit Sahitya Academy, 2009
  • Abhinava Jayadeva Samman, 2009,Bhaktakavi Sri Jayadeva Samaroha samiti
  • Sanskrit Sangeet Nataka Academy Award, 2010
  • Fellowship of Vachaspati from SARASWATI Research Institute
  • Chinta Chetana National Baisakhi Award, 2012

    • Death

    Dr. Acharya died at his residence in Cuttack on 2013.

    References

    Manmohan Acharya Wikipedia
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