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| honorific_prefix = Bidagdha Kabi<br />
| name = Abhimanyu Samantasinhara<br />
| image = Abhimanyu Samantasinghara.png<br />
| caption = Drawing of Samantasinhara<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date |df=y|1760|02|23}} (7th day of Magha)<br />
| birth_place =Balia, [[Jajpur district]]<br />{{coord|20|43|32|N|86|16|22|E|region:IN}}<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age |df=y|1806|6|15|1760|02|23}} (Raja Sankranti)<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| occupation = Poet<br />
| parents = Indrajeeta Samantasinghara <br />Tulasi Devi<br />
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| spouse = Bimala Devi<br />
}}<br />
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'''Abhimanyu Samantasinhara''' (23 February 1760<ref>{{cite web|title=ABHIMNYU SAMANTA SINGHARA|url=http://orissadiary.com/personality/poet/ABHIMNYU_SAMANTA_SINGHARA%20.asp|publisher=orissadiary|accessdate=23 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161004084709/http://orissadiary.com/personality/poet/ABHIMNYU_SAMANTA_SINGHARA%20.asp|archive-date=4 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> – 15 Jun 1806)<ref>{{cite web|title=ଯାଜପୁର ସଂସ୍କୃତି ବିକାଶ ପରିଷଦ|url=http://www.jajpursanskrutibikashparishad.org/jajur_glance.php|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140503143029/http://www.jajpursanskrutibikashparishad.org/jajur_glance.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 May 2014|accessdate=3 May 2014}}</ref> <!--ଅଷ୍ଟାଦଶ ଶତାବ୍ଦୀ--> was an [[Odia language|Odia]] poet born in Balia, [[Jajpur]]. He has written many Odia folk songs like Bagha Gita ([[tiger]] song), Chadhei Gita ([[bird]] song). He has written many poems about the love between [[Radha]] and [[Krishna]]. Bidagdha Chintamani is his best creation.<br />
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==Life==<br />
He was born in Balia village, Jajpur on 23 February 1760.<ref>{{cite journal|title=EMINENT LITERARY LUMINARIES OF ORISSA |journal=Orissa Reference Annual - 2004 |year=2004 |pages=୨୯୧ |url=http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2004/pdf/eminent_literacy_luminaries_of_orissa.pdf |accessdate=6 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019045142/http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2004/pdf/eminent_literacy_luminaries_of_orissa.pdf |archivedate=19 October 2013 }}</ref> Balia village is situated near famous Buddhist place Ratnagiri Mahavihara of Jajpur. His father Indrajeeta Samantasinghara had no child. But it is said that Abhimanyu was born due to the worship of a Brahmin Sadananda Kabisurya Brahma.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&lpg=PA572&ots=mVz-0zyXt8&dq=abhimanyu%20samanta%20sinhara&pg=PA572#v=onepage&q=abhimanyu%20samanta%20sinhara&f=false|The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume One (A To Devo), Volume 1]</ref><br />
He was the teacher of Abhimanyu. He had written his first poem at the age of 9.<br />
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{{Rquote|center|କରମଙ୍ଗା ଗଛ ଛାଇ ଗୋ,<br><br />
ମୋର ହୁଁ ଗୋ ।<br><br />
କରମ ଯାହାର ସଫଳ ହୋଇବ,<br><br />
କୃଷ୍ଣଙ୍କୁ ଲଭିବ ସେହି ଗୋ,<br><br />
ମୋର ହୁଁ ଗୋ ।| '''ଅଭିମନ୍ୟୁ ସାମନ୍ତସିଂହାର'''}}<br />
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{{Rquote|center|Shadow of Starfruit tree,<br><br />
You are mine ।<br><br />
Whose work will be successful,<br><br />
He will get Krishna,<br><br />
You are mine ।| '''Abhimanyu Samantasinghara'''}}<br />
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== Literary works ==<br />
* Bidagdha Chintamani<br />
* Prema Kala<br />
* Rasabati<br />
* Sulakhyana<br />
* Prema Tarangini<br />
* Bagha Gita<br />
* Chadhei Gita<br />
* Bole Hun<br />
* Prema (Preeti) Chintamani<br />
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His literary work Bidagdha Chintamani is a valuable book of [[Odia literature]]. Some popular Odia poetic expressions (chanda- ଛାନ୍ଦ) are found here, E.g. Gadamalia, Phulatola, etc. These names can be called as poet's nickname. One can get more information about him from this book.<br />
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{{Rquote|left|ଇନ୍ଦ୍ରଜିତ ଏ ଛାନ୍ଦ ଭଣାଇ <br>ରାଧା ଧ୍ୟାନ କରି| '''ବାଘ ଗୀତ, ବିଦଗ୍ଧ ଚିନ୍ତାମଣି'''}}<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=90_qAeMT1bwC&lpg=PA15&ots=SUxcJuIIyo&dq=abhimanyu%20samanta%20sinhara&pg=PA15#v=onepage&q=abhimanyu%20samanta%20sinhara&f=false|Palm leaf etchings of Orissa, Durga Prasad Patnaik]</ref><br />
{{Rquote|left|Indrajeeta encouraged to write ths 'Chanda' <br> meditating Radha| '''Bagha Gita, Bidagdha Chintamani'''}}<br />
{{Rquote|center|ବାଲିଆ ବୋଲି ଯେ ଏକ ନଗର <br>ତହିଁ ନୃପତି ସାମନ୍ତ ସିଂହାର|'''ବାଘ ଗୀତ,ବିଦଗ୍ଧ ଚିନ୍ତାମଣି'''}}<br />
{{Rquote|center|Balia is a kingdom <br> Its king is Samantasinghara| '''Bagha Gita, Bidagdha Chintamanui'''}}<br />
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Information about his father Indrajeeta Samantasinghara is also described here. It is written that he was the king of Balia.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External references==<br />
* History of Odia literature, Mayadhar Manasingh, Publisher: Grantha Mandira <br />
* Prachina Odia Kabita Sambhara, Editor: Jatindra Mohan Mohanty, Publisher: Subarnarekha, Bhubaneswar<br />
* Utkala Lakshmi, Gangadhar Granthabali(Odia), Das Brothers, Cuttack-Berhampur- Sambalpur, 3rd reprint, 1961<br />
* Fakirmohan Senapatinka Atmacharita (Odia), Edited by Debendra Kumar Dash, National Book Trust, New Delhi, Reprint, 2015, pp-58<br />
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[[Category:1760 births]]<br />
[[Category:1806 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Poets from Odisha]]<br />
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