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.
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Manmohan Acharya
Born October 20, 1967Lathanga, Odisha , India Died 2013 Cuttack, Odisha, India Pen name Vanikavi Occupation Poet, script writer for, Playwright, essayist Nationality Indian Period 1987–2013 Genre Poetry Subject Post modernism , Realism ,Notable works Gita-Milindam ,Gitamohanam Children Ramashish Acharya
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Manmohan Acharya was born in 1967 in Lathanga , a village in the Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa, India to Pandit Mayadhar Acharya and Parvati Devi.
Acharya receives the Chinta O Chetana award for poetry
Poetry
His poetry includes the following works:
Gitamohanam . One of its devotional songs features in the 2009 movie The Desire .[1]
Gita-bhaaratam (lyrics). A compilation of patriotic songs.
Gita milindam (lyrics) consists of 15 songs (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 [2]
Ravana [2] [3] [4]
Pingalaa
Mrtyu [5] [6]
Sthitaprajnah
Tantram [7]
Purva-sakuntalam
Uttara-sakuntalam
Famous Indian Dance Drama, Mrtyuh by Srjan, Script written by Vanikavi
Famous Indian Dance Drama, Tantra by Srjan, Script written by Vanikavi
Research
With Famous Sanskrit Poet Prof. R.K.Sharma
Sistaachaara (Book)[8]
Maagha And Bhanja in Picture Poetry (book)[9]
Indian Trend of Human Rights[10]
An Algebraic Operation in Vedic Mathematics;[11]
Sharadindu-sundara-ruchih devi, Vani vaa Shakti-ruupini;[12]
Sixty Four Arts, A Study;[13]
Contribution of Sanskrit in Advancement of Oriya Language;[14]
An Encyclopedic Dictionary Of Yajurvedic Upanishads (Book)[15]
Vedic Research In Orissa during 20th Century[16]
Mind in Shiva-samkalpa hymn, A psycho-philosophical Analysis[17]
Bhaarata-pamkaja-dalamidam Utkal-mandala-miti viditam yat;[18]
Description of Heart in Upanisads[19] [20]
Concept of Human Rights in Vedic Tradition;[21]
Vedic Trend of Human Rights vrs. Varna- Ashrama System;[22]
Financial Emergency : Kautilya's Arthashastra vis-a-vis Indian Constitution;[23]
Kavivara- Bhaarata-varsham Shrauta-puraatanamaarsham;[24]
Tarka Vaachaspati Madhusudan Mishra, A study[25]
Map of Puranic India[26]
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[27]
Chinta Chetana National Baisakhi Award, 2012
Acharya died at his residence in Cuttack on 2013.[ citation needed ]
Shishtaachaara, pub. Jayadev Institute of Oriental Research, Cuttack, 1999,
Bahitra, Bhanja Research Journal, Bhanjanagar, Orissa, 1998
Proceedings of World Sanskrit Conference, Vol-1, Part-II, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rastriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha (Deemed University), New Delhi-110016,
Proceedings of Research Papers, IX Sessional Conference, 2000, All Orissa Association of College Teachers in Sanskrit, Page-45
Vasundharaa, Research Journal, Orissa Sanskrit Academy, Bhubaneswar, Vol-II, Page-46, 2003
Dharitri, XXXth Annual Edition, 2003, page-25
The Samaj, Oriya Daily, Dt.10.08.2003
Published by K.Mohapatra, Advocate, Orissa High Court, Cuttack, 2005
Souvenir, XXXIIth All India Oriental Conference, Sampurnananda Sanskrit University, Varanasi, 2004
Proceedings of U.G.C. Seminar, G.S.College, Athagarh, India, 2008
The Samaj, Oriya Daily, Sunday Special Issue, Dt.14.03.2004
Samskruta Mandaakini, Lokabhasa Prachara Samiti, 2007, Page-69
Proceedings of U.G.C. Seminar, Udala College, Mayurbhanj, India, 2006
Vanamala, Research Journal of Shrirangam, Kaviraja Banamali Das Commemoration Volume, 2009, page-76
The Samaj, Oriya Daily, Sunday Special Issue, Dt.25.02.2007
Vanajyostna, Annual Journal, Banki Autonomous College, India, 2001–2002