Jagannath Prasad Bhanu (Hindi: जगन्नाथ प्रसाद भानु, 8 August 1859 – 25 October 1945)[1] was a Hindi scholar of poetry and prose.[2] He is recognized as a pioneering scholar of aesthetics in Hindi.[3] His best known work was the Chandaḥprabhākara, a work of Hindi prose, published in nine editions during his life.[1][4]
Life
editJagannath Prasad Bhanu was born on 8 August 1859 at Nagpur, the capital of then Central Provinces.[1] He spent most of his life in Bilaspur in modern-day Chhattisgarh.[1] He was a scholar of Hindi, Sanskrit, Prakrit, English, Urdu, Persian, Odia and Marathi.[1] He was especially interested in linguistics and mathematics.[1]
In 1940, Bhanu received the title of Mahamahopadhyaya.[1] He died in 1945.[1][2]
Major works
edit- Chandaḥprabhākara (1894): A Hindi prose work.[4] This popular work saw many editions during his lifetime, and was published in its ninth edition in 1939.[1]
- Navapañcāmṛta Rāmāyaṇa (1897): This is a work based on the Ramcharitmanas.[1]
- Kāvyaprabhākara (1909): A work on poetics in Hindi.[4]
- Chanda Sārāvalī (1917).[1]
- Alaṅkāra Praśnottarī (1918).[1]
- Hindī Kāvyālaṅkāra (1918).[1]
- Kāvya Prabandha (1918).[1]
- Kāvya Kusumāñjali (1920).[1]
- Nāyikā Bheda Śaṅkāvalī (1925).[1]
- Rasaratnākara (1927): A work on aesthetics in Hindi.[1]
- Śrī Tulasī Tatva Prakāśa (1931).[1]
- Rāmāyaṇa Varṇāvalī (1936).[1]
- Alaṅkāra Darpaṇa (1936).[1]
- Śrī Tulasī Bhāva Prakāśa (1937).[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Singh, Rahul (12 January 2012). "भानु कवि" [The poet known as Bhanu] (in Hindi). Bilaspur: Dainik Haribhumi. p. 4.
- ^ a b Das, Sisir Kumar (1991). History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956, struggle for freedom : triumph and tragedy. New Delhi, India: Sahitya Akademi. p. 760. ISBN 9788172017989. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ Trivedi, Sushil (2012). हिन्दी के प्रथम साहित्य शास्त्री: जगन्नाथ प्रसाद भानु [Jagannath Prasad Bhanu, the first scholar of aesthetics in Hindi] (in Hindi). New Delhi, India: Yash Publications. ISBN 9788192081564.
- ^ a b c Das, Sisir Kumar (2000). History of Indian Literature, Volume 1. New Delhi, India: Sahitya Akademi. pp. 672, 760. ISBN 9788172010065. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
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