Prabháta Saḿgiita (

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: প্রভাত সঙ্গীত ''Probhat Shongit'', ), also known as Songs of a New Dawn or Prabhat's Songs, are the collection of songs composed by

Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (21 May 1921 – 21 October 1990), also known by his spiritual name Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrti (Ánanda Múrti="Bliss Embodiment"), and known as Bábá ("Father") to his disciples, was a spiritual Guru, philosopher, so ...

. Sarkar composed a total of 5,018 songs, including the lyrics and the melody, over a period of eight years from 1982 until his death in 1990. While most songs are in the Bengali language, some are in

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, Maithili and

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. Prabháta Saḿgiita is also sometimes considered to be a post-

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(school of music). The poetry of lyrics expresses elements of

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, devotion,

neohumanism Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (21 May 1921 – 21 October 1990), also known by his spiritual name Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrti (Ánanda Múrti="Bliss Embodiment"), and known as Bábá ("Father") to his disciples, was a spiritual Guru, philosopher, so ...

and

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and the songs present a wide spectrum of both Eastern and Western melodic styles.

Etymology

, the word ''prabhát(a)'' (প্রভাত - ) means ''dawn'', ''morning'' or ''daybreak''. The word ''sauṋgiit(a)'' (সঙ্গীত - ) also spelled ''saḿgiit(a)'' (সংগীত - ) means ''song'' and ''music''. Thus, ''prabhát(a) sauṋgiit(a)'' or ''prabhát(a) saḿgiit(a)'' etymologically means "morning song" or "songs of dawn". It has also been interpreted as "songs of a new dawn". Irrelevant of the etymology, ''Prabhát(a)'' being the name of the composer, signifies "songs of

Name and variants

Prabhát Saḿgiit has two most commonly used definitions, namely: "Songs of a New Down" and "Songs of

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". It has many spelling variants, with the following reasons: the word ''saḿgiit'' has two different spellings in Bengali, there is no fix transliteration rule for most Indian languages, there are also different transcription conventions used in English for Indian languages, the

pronunciation has an "a" at the end of both words, which is normally silent in Bengali and

. Thus we have the word ''prabhat'' that can be spelled as: *''Prabhat'', ''Prabhát'', ''Prabhāt'', ''Prabhata'', ''Prabháta'', ''Prabhāta'' And we have the word ''samgiit'' that can be spelled as: *''Sangit'', ''Sangeet'', ''Sangiit'', ''Samgiit'', ''Saḿgiit'', ''Saṃgīt'', ''Sauṋgiit'', ''Saŋgīt'' and all of these with "a" at the end: *''Sangita'', ''Sangeeta'', ''Sangiita'', ''Samgiita'', ''Saḿgiita'', ''Saṃgīta'', ''Sauṋgiita'' and ''Saŋgīta'' If combined, all these variations could create a huge number of spelling variants for Prabhat Samgiit, however not all combinations are used. Subhas Sarkar mainly prefers the variant Prabháta Saḿgiita and sometimes uses Prabhāta saṃgīta. There is no consistency of spelling, even within the same newspapers.

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often spells Prabhat Samgiita however also spells Prabhat Sangit and also Prabhat Sangeet.

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uses both Prabhat Samgiita and ''Prabhat Sangeet''. Most other newspapers spell ''Prabhat Sangeet'', though some articles prefer ''Prabhat Sangit'' and Prabhata Samgiita. Publications of

Ananda Marga Ānanda Mārga ("The Path of Bliss", also spelled Anand Marg and Ananda Marg) or officially Ānanda Mārga Pracāraka Saṃgha (organization for the propagation of the path of bliss), is a world-wide socio-spiritual organisation founded in J ...

usually goes by the spelling ''Prabháta Saḿgiita'' and also often by ''Prabhát Saḿgiita'' and ''Prabhát Saḿgiit''. Older publications, however, tend to use the variant ''Prabhát Sauṋgiit'' or ''Prabháta Sauṋgiita''. Finally there are instances of unusual spellings as well, such as ''Prabhat Sangeeth'' and ''Prabhat Samhitta''.

Composition, Collection and Releases

P. R. Sarkar composed the first prabhat samgiita ''Bandhu he niye calo'' in Bengali on 14 September 1982 at

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. He continued composing songs until his death on 21 October 1990. During that eight years, he composed a total of 5,018 prabhat samgiits, of which almost all in Bengali including the lyrics and the tunes. The last prabhat samgiit, ''Ámrá gaŕe nova gurukul'', was composed on 20 October 1990, one day before his death Sarkar created the

organization in 1955 and by 1973 Ananda Marga Publications was established to translate and distribute his work as well as works relating to Sarkar. The multivolume English/Bengali edition was published in 1993 and two smaller volumes of selected works in English followed. Another Ananda Marga-affiliated group, the Renaissance Artists and Writers Association (RAWA), has sponsored several performances and recordings of selected songs. These performances have featured artists such as Acarya Tattvavedananda Avadhuta, Acarya Priyashivananda Avadhuta,

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, Sreeradha Bandyopadhyay,

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.70 Questions and Answers on Prabhat Samgiita by Ac. Shambhushivananda Avt., stories on Prabhat Samgiita.

References

External links

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Prabhat Samgiita
Soundcloud * https://sarkarverse.org/wiki/Portal:Prabhat_Samgiita
List of songs of Prabhat Samgiita
*https://m.timesofindia.com/city/hyderabad/RAWA-cultural-programmes-on-October-10/articleshow/1266826673.cms *https://m.barnesandnoble.com/w/prabhat-samgiita-translations-abhidevananda-avadhuta/1137175837 * http://www.notunprithivi.com/bn/14i-saepadhaemabara-parabhaata-sanagaita-daibasae-kalakaataaya-parabhaata-sanagaita-utsaba {{Culture of West Bengal * http://www.innersong.com/products/devotional/NewDawn.htm * https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261992649_Plants_in_Prabhat_Samgiita * https://www.pressnote.in/Education_466486.html Indian songs Spirituality Tantra Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar Music of Bengal

Etymology

Name and variants

Composition, Collection and Releases

See also

References

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