Works of Rambhadracharya
Book covers of several works of Rambhadracharya | ||
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↙Poems | 28 | |
↙Plays | 2 | |
↙Music | 5 | |
↙Commentaries | 19 | |
↙Critiques | 6 | |
↙Discourses | 9 | |
References and footnotes |
Jagadguru Rambhadracharya (or Swami Rambhadracharya) is a Hindu religious leader, Sanskrit scholar and Katha artist based in Chitrakoot, India. His works consist of poems, commentaries, plays and musical compositions of his works, etc. He has authored more than 100 books and 50 papers, including four epic poems (two each in Sanskrit and Hindi), a Hindi commentary on Tulsidas' Ramcharitmanas, and Sanskrit commentaries on the Ashtadhyayi and the Prasthanatrayi scriptures.[1][2][3] Various audio and video recordings o his works have also been released. He writes in Sanskrit, Hindi, Awadhi, Maithili, and several other languages.[4][5][6]
Śrībhārgavarāghavīyam is his most notable work, for which he won several awards including the Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit.[7][8] He has also been given many other literary honors and titles, such as Mahakavi (Great poet) and Kavikularatna (Jewel of the poet clan).[9][10]
His major literary and musical compositions, grouped by genre, are listed below.[2][11]
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Poetry
Mahākāvyas (Epic poems)
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Epic poem composed in 1,279 verses divided into 15 cantos on the life of the seer couple Vasishtha and Arundhati. | |||||
Epic poem consisting of 2,121 verses composed in 40 Sanskrit and Prakrit metres, divided into 21 cantos of 101 verses each, with a Hindi commentary by the poet. Recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit, Ramkrishna Jaidayal Dalmia Shreevani Alankaran, Banabhatta Award and Vachaspati Award. | |||||
Epic poem composed in 864 verses divided into 8 cantos of 108 verses each. This epic narrates the story of the seer Ashtavakra, who is presented as the flag bearer of the disabled. | |||||
Sanskrit lyrical epic poem, narrating the Ramayana in 1,008 Sanskrit songs divided into 28 cantos of 36 songs each, based on traditional folk music tunes. |
Khaṇḍakāvyas (minor poems)
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Minor poem on the character Vidura from Mahabharata. | |||||
Minor poem in two parts eulogising Krishna. | |||||
Minor poem on the character Shabari from Ramayana. | |||||
Minor poem on the acts and life of the Indian freedom fighter Chandrashekhar Azad, with a Hindi commentary by Dr. Gita Devi Misra. | |||||
Minor poem on the river Sarayu that flows through Ayodhya. | |||||
Minor poem on the infant form of Rama composed only in the short syllables of Sanskrit. | |||||
Consisting of 501 verses divided in two parts and composed entirely in the Mandākrānta metre, this minor poem describes the message sent by Rama via a bumblebee, residing on the Pravarṣaṇa mountain in Kishkindha, to his wife Sita, who is held captive by Ravana in Lanka. |
Gītakāvyas (lyrical poems)
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Lyrical poem | |||||
Lyrical poem with 438 songs on Rama and Krishna. |
Śatakakāvyas (Poems of one hundred verses)
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Poem of one hundred verses. | |||||
Poem of one hundred verses in the Arya metre. | |||||
Poem of one hundred verses in praise of the goddess Chandi. | |||||
Poem of one hundred verses in praise of Rama. | |||||
Poem of one hundred verses in praise of Ganesha. | |||||
Poem of one hundred verses in praise of footprints of Rama. |
Stotrakāvyas (Eulogies)
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Poem eulogising the compassionate glance of Sita. | |||||
Poem eulogising Sita. | |||||
Poem eulogising the greatness of the river Ganges. | |||||
Poem in eight verses eulogising Rama. | |||||
Poem in eight Śikhariṇī metres, eulogising the birth of Rama by comparing infant Rama via eight Utprekṣā figures of speech respectively to the moon, a dark cloud, the ocean, an emerald, a Tamāla tree, Kamadeva, a blue lotus, and a bumblebee. With an Awadhi poetic translation and Hindi commentary by the poet. |
Other poems
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A Patrakāvya (letter poem); letter to Krishna from the hunchback female whose episode is described in the Bhagavata Purana. | |||||
A Rītikāvya (Procedural–era Hindi poem), consisting of 327 assorted verses, divided in three parts of 109 verses each, composed in six Prakrit metres. The verses describe different activities of the child forms of Sita and Rama. | |||||
A suprabhatam (hymn sung at dawn) addressed to Sita and Rama, consisting of 40 verses composed in 8 Śārdūlavikrīḍita, 24 Vasantatilakā, 4 Sragdharā, and 4 Mālinī metres. With a Hindi translation by the poet. |
Plays
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Single–act Nāṭakakāvya (Play poem) on the ascent of Rama. | |||||
Prose
Sanskrit commentaries on the Prasthānatrayī
Rambhadracharya composed Sanskrit commentaries titled Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam on the Prasthanatrayi – Brahma Sutra, the Bhagavad Gita, and eleven Upanishads. These commentaries were released on 10 April 1998 by the then Prime Minister of India, Atal Behari Vajpayee.[2][21] Rambhadracharya composed Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam on Narada Bhakti Sutra in 1991. He thus revived—after five hundred years—the tradition of Sanskrit commentaries on the Prasthanatrayi. He also gave the Ramananda Sampradaya its second commentary on Prasthanatrayi in Sanskrit, the first being the Ānandabhāṣyam, composed by Ramananda himself.[22][23] Rambhadracharya's commentary in Sanskrit on the Prasthanatrayi was the first written in almost 600 years.[22]
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Other Sanskrit commentaries
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Sutras of the Ashtadhyayi. (D Litt dissertation) | ||||
Hindi commentaries
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Critiques
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Deliberation on the non–Paninian usages in the Adhyātma Rāmāyaṇa. PhD dissertation. | |||||
Deliberation on the episode of the unnamed ascetic in Ayodhya Kand of Ramcharitmanas. | |||||
Deliberation on the status of the cow in Hinduism. | |||||
Investigative research into the narrative of Krishna in the works of Tulsidas. | |||||
Critique which argues that the episode of banishment of Sita is a later interpolation of Valmiki in the Ramayana. | |||||
Deliberation on the Rāsapañcādhyāyī section, the five chapters dealing with the celestial dance of Krishna with the Gopis, of the Bhagavata Purana. |
Discourses
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Critical edition of Ramcharitmanas
Rambhadracharya's most controversial work was the critical edition of the Ramcharitmanas, which was published as the Tulsi Peeth edition.[24] He was accused of tampering with the epic,[24][25] but the dispute died down after Rambhadracharya expressed his regret for any annoyance or pain caused by the publication.[26] A writ petition was also filed against him but it was dismissed.[1] This edition was published in 2005 by Shri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas.[2][11]
Audio and video
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Audio CD with eight Bhajans (devotional hymns) devoted to Rama. Composed, set to music, and sung by Rambhadracharya. | |||||
Audio CD with seven Bhajans devoted to Krishna. Composed, set to music, and sung by Rambhadracharya. | |||||
Audio CD with six Bhajans devoted to Hanuman, and composed by Tulsidas. Set to music and sung by Rambhadracharya. | |||||
Audio CD of Śrīsītārāmasuprabhātam, a Suprabhata poem. Composed, set to music, and sung in the Vairagi Raga by Rambhadracharya. | |||||
DVD with a musical rendition of and commentary on the Sundar Kand of Ramcharitmanas. Spoken, set to music, and sung by Rambhadracharya. |
See also
References
Notes
- 1 2 Kant, Pradeep; Kumar, Anil (19 May 2011). "Writ Petition No. 8023 (MB) of 2008: Shiv Asrey Asthana and others Vs Union of India and others". Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India: Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench). Retrieved 29 September 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 Dinkar 2008, pp. 40–43.
- ↑ "మార్గదర్శి జగద్గురు రామభద్రాచార్య (Margadarsi Jagadguru Rambhadracharya)". మార్గదర్శి (Margadarsi) (in Telugu). Hyderabad. October 21, 2012. 1:24 minutes in. ETV Network. ETV2. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
ఆయన శతాధిక గ్రంథకర్తా (He is the author of more than 100 books).
- 1 2 "वाचस्पति पुरस्कार २००७" [Vachaspati Award 2007] (PDF) (in Hindi). K. K. Birla Foundation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
- ↑ Dinkar 2008, p. 39.
- 1 2 Lok Sabha, The Office of Speaker. "Speeches". Retrieved 8 March 2011.
Swami Rambhadracharya ... is a celebrated Sanskrit scholar and educationist of great merit and achievement ... His academic accomplishments are many and several prestigious Universities have conferred their honorary degrees on him. A polyglot, he has composed poems in many Indian languages. He has also authored about 75 books on diverse themes having a bearing on our culture, heritage, traditions and philosophy which have received appreciation. A builder of several institutions, he started the Vikalanga Vishwavidyalaya at Chitrakoot, of which he is the lifelong Chancellor.
- 1 2 "Sahitya Akademi Awards 2005". National Portal of India. 2005. Archived from the original on 24 January 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- 1 2 Press Trust of India (22 December 2005). "Kolatkar, Dalal among Sahitya Akademi winners". DNA India. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
- ↑ Nagar 2002, p. 183.
- ↑ Chandra 2008, p. 21.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 Nagar 2002, pp. 89–90.
- ↑ Rambhadracharya 1994, pp. iii—vi.
- ↑ Special Correspondent (20 February 2008). "Selected for Birla Foundation awards". The Hindu. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
- ↑ Special Correspondent (19 April 2008). "K.K. Birla Foundation awards presented". The Hindu. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
- ↑ Rambhadracharya, Jagadguru (14 January 2010). Aṣṭāvakra Mahākāvya [The Epic Ashtavakra] (in Hindi). Chitrakuta, Uttar Pradesh, India: Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University.
- ↑ "वक्ताओं ने कही अपनी बात" [Orators speak out their views] (in Hindi). Dainik Bhaskar. 25 November 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ↑ Sushil, Surendra Sharma; Mishra, Abhiraj Rajendra (February 2011). Sushil, Surendra Sharma, ed. "गीतरामायणप्रशस्तिः" [Praise of Gītarāmāyaṇam]. Shri Tulsi Peeth Saurabh (in Hindi). Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India: Shri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas. 14 (9): 14.
- ↑ Rambhadracharya, Swami (30 August 2004). Bhṛṅgadūtam (Saṃskṛta Khaṇḍakāvyam) [Bhṛṅgadūtam (A Sanskrit minor poem)]. Chitrakuta, Uttar Pradesh, India: Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Vikalang Vishvavidyalaya.
- ↑ Rambhadracharya, Swami (16 August 2008). Śrīsītārāmakelikaumudī [The elucidating moonlight for the childhood pastimes of Sita and Rama] (in Hindi). Chitrakuta, Uttar Pradesh, India: Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University.
- ↑ Rambhadracharya, Jagadguru (14 January 2009). Śrīsītārāmasuprabhātam [The beautiful dawn of Sita and Rama] (in Sanskrit). Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India: Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University.
- ↑ Nagar 2002, p. 88.
- 1 2 Correspondent, Chitrakuta (12 January 2011). "श्री सीता राम विवाह के आनंदित क्षणों मे झूमे भक्त" [Devotees dance in the blissful moments of the marriage of Sita and Rama]. Jagran Yahoo. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
हरिद्वार से आये आचार्य चंद्र दत्त सुवेदी ने कहा कि प्रस्थानत्रयी पर सबसे पहले भाष्य आचार्य शंकर ने लिखा और अब वल्लभाचार्य के छह सौ [sic] साल बाद जगद्गुरु स्वामी राम भद्राचार्य जी ने लिखा। (Acharya Chandra Dutt Subedi from Haridvar said that the first commentary on Prasthanatrayi was composed by Shankaracahrya, and now Jagadguru Swami Rambhadracahrya composed a commentary six hundred [sic] years after Vallabhacharya.)
- ↑ Dwivedi, Hazari Prasad (2007) [August 1981]. Dwivedi, Mukund, ed. हज़ारी प्रसाद द्विवेदी ग्रन्थावली ३ [The Complete Works of Hazari Prasad Dwivedi Volume 3] (in Hindi) (3rd corrected and extended ed.). New Delhi, India: Rajkamal Publication Pvt Ltd. pp. 315–317. ISBN 9788126713585.
- 1 2 Mishra, Manjari; Arora, V. N. (1 November 2009). "Fury in Ayodhya over Ramcharitmanas". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
- ↑ "रामचरित मानस से जुड़ा विवाद गहराया" [Dispute associated with Ramcharitmanas deepens]. Webdunia (in Hindi). 3 November 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
- ↑ "रामभद्राचार्य के खेद जताने से संत पड़े ठंडे" [Saints calm down after Rambhadracharya expresses regret]. Webdunia (in Hindi). 9 November 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
- ↑ Rambhadracharya, Swami (Lyricist, Musician and Singer) (2001). Bhajana Sarayū [The river Sarayu of devotion] (CD) (in Hindi). Delhi, India: Yuki Cassettes. YCD-119.
- ↑ Rambhadracharya, Swami (Lyricist, Musician and Singer) (2001). Bhajana Yamunā [The river Yamuna of devotion] (CD) (in Hindi). Delhi, India: Yuki Cassettes. YCD-120.
- ↑ Rambhadracharya, Swami (Musician and Singer) (2009). Śrī Hanumat Bhakti [Devotion to Hanuman] (CD) (in Hindi). New Delhi, India: Kuber Music. KMCN-13.
- ↑ Rambhadracharya, Swami (Lyricist, Musician and Singer) (2009). Śrīsītārāmasuprabhātam [The beautiful dawn of Sita and Rama] (CD) (in Sanskrit). Delhi, India: Yuki Cassettes. YCD-155.
- ↑ Rambhadracharya, Swami (Speaker, Musician and Singer) (2009). Sundara Kāṇḍa [The Sundar Kand] (DVD) (in Hindi). Delhi, India: Yuki Cassettes. DVD-2020.
Works cited
- Dinkar, Dr. Vagish (2008). श्रीभार्गवराघवीयम् मीमांसा [Investigation into Śrībhārgavarāghavīyam] (in Hindi). Delhi, India: Deshbharti Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-908276-6-9.
- Nagar, Shanti Lal (2002). Sharma, Acharya Divakar; Goyal, Siva Kumar; Susila, Surendra Sharma, eds. The Holy Journey of a Divine Saint: Being the English Rendering of Swarnayatra Abhinandan Granth (First, Hardback ed.). New Delhi, India: B. R. Publishing Corporation. ISBN 81-7646-288-8.
- Chandra, R. (September 2008). "सम्मान और पुरस्कार" [Honours and Awards]. Kranti Bharat Samachar (in Hindi). Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India: Rajesh Chandra Pandey. 8 (11). RNI No. 2000, UPHIN 2638.
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