Manmohan Acharya
{{Short description|Indian poet}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Manmohan Acharya
| image = Vanikavi Manmohan Acharya.jpg
| pseudonym = Vanikavi
| birth_name =
| birth_date = October 20, 1967
| birth_place = Lathanga, Odisha,
India
| death_date = 2013
| death_place = Cuttack, Odisha, India
| occupation = Poet, script writer for,
Playwright, essayist
| nationality = Indian
| period = 1987–2013
| genre = Poetry
| subject = Post modernism, Realism,
| movement =
| notableworks = Gita-Milindam,
Gitamohanam
| spouse =
| partner =
| children = Ramashish Acharya
| relatives =
| website =
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| influenced =
}}
Manmohan Acharya was 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 was featured in the 2009 Bollywood movie, The Desire. He was also a researcher and published author.
Early life
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.{{cite news|title=Odissi dance to feature in Bollywood film The Desire |url=http://www.kalingatimes.com/entertainment_news/news/20090127_Odissi_dance_to_feature_in_Bollywood_film_The_Desire.htm |accessdate=22 July 2010 |newspaper=Kalinga Times |date=27 January 2009 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103090338/http://kalingatimes.com/entertainment_news/news/20090127_Odissi_dance_to_feature_in_Bollywood_film_The_Desire.htm |archivedate=3 January 2010 }}
- Gita-bhaaratam (lyrics). A compilation of patriotic songs.
- Gita milindam (lyrics) consists of 15 songs ({{transliteration|or|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 {{cite web|last1=Venkat|first1=Lalitha|title=The 17th edition of Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Award Festival|url=http://www.narthaki.com/info/rev1092.html|website=narthaki.com|accessdate=6 August 2015}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- Ravana{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110914/jsp/orissa/story_14498839.jsp | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102184334/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110914/jsp/orissa/story_14498839.jsp | url-status=dead | archive-date=2 November 2012 | location=Calcutta, India | work=The Telegraph | first=Namita | last=Panda | title=Curtains on music, dance festival | date=14 September 2011}}{{cite web|last1=Kothari|first1=Sunil|title=Samrachana: Choreography Festival of Dance|url=http://www.narthaki.com/info/gtsk/gtsk39.html|website=narthaki.com|accessdate=6 August 2015}}
- Pingalaa
- Mrtyu{{cite news|title=A time to remember: The Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Award festival in Bhubaneswar|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/a-time-to-remember/article1435772.ece&date=2008/09/26/&prd=fr&|accessdate=6 August 2015|newspaper=The Hindu|date=26 September 2008}}{{cite web|last=Dahale|first=Kirti|title=Review: Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Award Festival 2008|url=http://www.narthaki.com/info/rev08/rev640.html|publisher=Nathaka.com|accessdate=22 July 2010}}
- Sthitaprajnah
- Tantram{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100907/jsp/orissa/story_12903274.jsp | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025163836/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100907/jsp/orissa/story_12903274.jsp | url-status=dead | archive-date=25 October 2012 | location=Calcutta, India | work=The Telegraph | first=Namita | last=Panda | title=Spirit of homage | date=7 September 2010}}
- Purva-sakuntalam
- Uttara-sakuntalam
= Translation=
- Gitagovinda of Jayadev as Gitagovind Rasaavali
=Research=
- Sistaachaara (Book)Shishtaachaara, pub. Jayadev Institute of Oriental Research, Cuttack, 1999,
- Maagha And Bhanja in Picture Poetry (book)Bahitra, Bhanja Research Journal, Bhanjanagar, Orissa, 1998
- Indian Trend of Human RightsProceedings of World Sanskrit Conference, Vol-1, Part-II, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rastriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha (Deemed University), New Delhi-110016,
- An Algebraic Operation in Vedic Mathematics;Proceedings of Research Papers, IX Sessional Conference, 2000, All Orissa Association of College Teachers in Sanskrit, Page-45
- Sharadindu-sundara-ruchih devi, Vani vaa Shakti-ruupini;Vasundharaa, Research Journal, Orissa Sanskrit Academy, Bhubaneswar, Vol-II, Page-46, 2003
- Sixty Four Arts, A Study;Dharitri, XXXth Annual Edition, 2003, page-25
- Contribution of Sanskrit in Advancement of Oriya Language;The Samaj, Oriya Daily, Dt.10.08.2003
- An Encyclopedic Dictionary Of Yajurvedic Upanishads (Book)Published by K.Mohapatra, Advocate, Orissa High Court, Cuttack, 2005
- Vedic Research In Orissa during 20th CenturySouvenir, XXXIIth All India Oriental Conference, Sampurnananda Sanskrit University, Varanasi, 2004
- Mind in Shiva-samkalpa hymn, A psycho-philosophical AnalysisProceedings of U.G.C. Seminar, G.S.College, Athagarh, India, 2008
- Bhaarata-pamkaja-dalamidam Utkal-mandala-miti viditam yat;The Samaj, Oriya Daily, Sunday Special Issue, Dt.14.03.2004
- Description of Heart in Upanisads{{Cite web | url=http://www.vedamsbooks.in/no62807.htm |title = Contemporary World Order: A Vedic Perspective/Edited by Shashi Tiwari Edited by Shashi Tiwari Vedams Books 8177021400}}{{Cite web | url=http://www.indiadivine.org/audarya/sri-vaishnava-forum/157074-fw-annual-veda-waves-conference-pondichery.html |title = Fw: Annual Veda /WAVES Conference at Pondichery}}
- Concept of Human Rights in Vedic Tradition;{{cite web|url=http://www.orientaliaparthenopea.org/VISHVESHVARANAND.pdf |title=Vishveshvaranand Indological Journal |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727152848/http://www.orientaliaparthenopea.org/VISHVESHVARANAND.pdf |archivedate=27 July 2011 }}
- Vedic Trend of Human Rights vrs. Varna- Ashrama System;Samskruta Mandaakini, Lokabhasa Prachara Samiti, 2007, Page-69
- Financial Emergency : Kautilya's Arthashastra vis-a-vis Indian Constitution;Proceedings of U.G.C. Seminar, Udala College, Mayurbhanj, India, 2006
- Kavivara- Bhaarata-varsham Shrauta-puraatanamaarsham;Vanamala, Research Journal of Shrirangam, Kaviraja Banamali Das Commemoration Volume, 2009, page-76
- Tarka Vaachaspati Madhusudan Mishra, A studyThe Samaj, Oriya Daily, Sunday Special Issue, Dt.25.02.2007
- Map of Puranic IndiaVanajyostna, Annual Journal, Banki Autonomous College, India, 2001–2002
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{{cite web|url=http://samskrita.co.in/sanskritconfrence.php |accessdate=28 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406104233/http://samskrita.co.in/sanskritconfrence.php |archivedate=6 April 2012 |title=.:: Samskrita :: }}
- Chinta Chetana National Baisakhi Award, 2012
Death
Acharya died at his residence in Cuttack on 2013.{{cn|date=March 2024}}
References
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External links
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- [http://www.narthaki.com/info/rev08/rev640.html Narthaki]
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Category:Musical theatre lyricists