Jagannath Prasad Bhanu (Template:Lang-hi, 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 Chandaḥprabhākara, a work of Hindi prose, published in nine editions during his life.[1][4]
Life
Jagannath 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 Mahamahopadhyaya.[1] He died in 1945.[1][2]
Major works
- 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
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 [{{{url}}} भानु कवि](12 January 2012).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956, struggle for freedom : triumph and tragedy{{#if:Das|, Das}. Sahitya Akademi(1991). ISBN 9788172017989
- ↑ हिन्दी के प्रथम साहित्य शास्त्री: जगन्नाथ प्रसाद भानु{{#if:Trivedi|, Trivedi}. Yash Publications(2012). ISBN 9788192081564
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 History of Indian Literature, Volume 1{{#if:Das|, Das}. Sahitya Akademi(2000). ISBN 9788172010065