Harshadev Madhav (born 20 October 1954) is a
Sanskrit
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and
Gujarati language
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poet and writer who won the
Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit in 2006 for his work of poetry, ''Tava Sparshe Sparshe''.
[ He had composed over 2200 poems in Sanskrit as of 1992.][
]
Early life
Harshavadan Mansukhlal Jani was born on 20 October 1954 in Vartej
Vartej is a census town in Bhavnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat.
Geography
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,[ a city in Bhavnagar district to Mansukhlal and Nandanben. He took his primary education from Vartej Primary School. He completed his high school education (old ssc) in 1971 from Koliyak Madhyamik Shala, Koliyak. He got his ]Bachelor of Arts
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as an external student from Saurashtra University
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in 1975. While working in a telegraph office in Palitana
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Histo ...
, he completed his Master of Arts
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in 1981 with Sanskrit from Saurashtra University with first rank, and subsequently became a lecturer at H. K. Arts College, Ahmedabad.[ He completed B.Ed in 1983 and Ph.D in 1990 from ]Gujarat University
The Gujarat University is a public state university located at Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The university is an affiliating university at the under-graduate level and a teaching university at the postgraduate level. It is accredited B++ by NA ...
.[ He received Ph.D for his research work " Mukhya Puranoma Shap Ane Teno Prabhav" (Curse Element And Its Influence In Major Puranas).
He married Shruti Jani on 29 April 1985 and they have a son, Rushiraj Jani.]Edinburgh
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and the 14th World Sanskrit Conference, Kyoto
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.14th WSC
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Work
He is credited with introducing Japanese Haiku
is a type of short form poetry originally from Japan. Traditional Japanese haiku consist of three phrases that contain a ''kireji'', or "cutting word", 17 '' on'' (phonetic units similar to syllables) in a 5, 7, 5 pattern, and a ''kigo'', or s ...
and Tanka
is a genre of classical Japanese poetry and one of the major genres of Japanese literature.
Etymology
Originally, in the time of the '' Man'yōshū'' (latter half of the eighth century AD), the term ''tanka'' was used to distinguish "short p ...
, and Korean Sijo
''Sijo'' () is a Korean traditional poetic form that emerged in the Goryeo period, flourished during the Joseon Dynasty, and is still written today. Bucolic, metaphysical, and cosmological themes are often explored. The three lines average 14 ...
, into Sanskrit poetry.[
Samir Kumar Datta puts in him the category of modernist or revolutionary Sanskrit poets, and says:][
]
Recognition
* Kavilok
''Kavilok'' (Gujarati: કવિલોક), a publication of Kavilok Trust, is a Gujarati language bimonthly poetry journal published in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The current editor is Dhiru Parikh and co-editor is Praful Raval.
History
The Ka ...
Śisukāvya Prize (1979)
* Gujarat Sanskrit Academy Award in 1994Calcutta
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, the official name until 2001) is the Capital city, capital of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal, on the eastern ba ...
in 1997–98Sahitya Akademi Award
The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 22 languages of the ...
for ''Tava Sparśe Sparśe'' in 2006
* Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar
The Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar ( Gujarati: સાહિત્ય ગૌરવ પુરસ્કાર), also known as Sahitya Gaurav Award, is a literary honour in Gujarat, India. The award is conferred by Gujarat Sahitya Akademi and Government of Gu ...
for 2010[
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List of books
Sanskrit poetry collection
* ''Rathyāsu Jambuvarņāņām Širāņām'' (1985)
* ''Alakanandā'' (1990)
* ''Sabdānām Nirmaksikesu Dhvamsāvaseseşu'' (1993)
* ''Mṛgayā'' (1994)
* ''Lāvārasadigdhāh Swapnamayāḥ Parvatāh'' (1996)
* ''Bṛhannalā'' (Episode) (1995)
* ''Asicca Me Manasi'' (1996)
* ''Niskrāntāh Sarve'' (1997)
* ''Purā yatra Srotaḥ'' (1998)
* ''Kālośmi'' (1999)
* ''Mṛtyuśatakaṃ'' (1999)
* ''Suṣumņāyāṃ Nimagnā Naukā'' (1999)
* ''Bhāvasthirāņi Jananāntarasauhrdāni'' (2000)
* ''Kannakyā Kṣiptaṃ Māṇikyanūpuraṃ'' (2000-2001),
* ''Sudhāsíndhormadye'' (2002)
* ''Manaso Naimiņāraṇam'' (2004)
* ''Rşeh Kșubdhe Cetasi'' (2004)
* ''Tava Sparse sparse'' (2004)
* ''Bhati Te Bhāratam'' (2007)
* ''Sparsalajjākomalā Smrtih'' (2006)
* ''Tathāstu''
Collections of Sanskrit-dramas
* ''Mrtyurayam Kastūrimrgośti'' (1998)
* ''Kalpavrkşah'' (2001)
Sanskrit Novel
* ''Mūko Rāmagirirbhūtvā'' (6/3/2008)
Book of Modern Sanskrit Criticism (in Sanskrit)
* ''Nakhadarpanah'' (8/2/2008)
Books of Criticism (in Gujarati)
* ''Mahākāvi Māgha'' (1993)
* ''Paurāņika Kathāo Ane Akhayāno'' (1997)
* ''Sanskrit Samakālina Kavitā''
* ''Nakhānām Pāņdityam'' (1998)
* ''Nakhacihna'' (2001)
Collected Poems
* ''Head Lines Again'' (1999) (English)
* ''Paksi ke pankha Para Gagan'' (1999) (Hindi)
* ''Alakananda aur Anyānya Kavita'' (oriya) by Bibekananda Panigrahi (2004)
* ''Smrtiyon ki Jirņa Śrāvastā Nagarimen'' (Hindi) (2008)
* ''Buddhasya Bhiksāpatre'' (Hindi) (2008-2009)
Translated work
* ''Sanskritanun Bhāṣāstriya Adhyayana'' (translation of a book by Bholashankar Vyas)
Books edited
* ''Sanskrit Sahityamāņ Mahātmā Gāndhi'' (1999)
* ''Rturāja Vasanta'' (2006)
* ''Āpaņāņ Varşākāvyo'' (2006)
* ''Pșthavinā Premano Paryāya : Patni'' (2008)
* ''Parama Tattva Siva'' (2003)
* ''Vaicārika Krātinā paripreksyamān Sanskrit Sāhitya'' (2006)
* ''Sanskrit Sāhitya Ane Cosatha Kalão'' (2006)
* ''Sanskrit Sāhitymāņ Ādhyātmikatā ane Jivanadarśana bor''
* ''Sanskrit Sāhityamān Sāmājika Cetanā''
Books of research on 'Tantra-śāstra'
* ''Mantranāņ Rahasyo, Mantroddhāra ane Yantrasiddhio'' (2003)
* ''Śakta Tantramāņ Srividyanāņ Rahasyo'' (2006)
* ''Sri Sukta, Sriyantra ane Śrividhyā'' (2007)
* ''Pratyaksa Brahma : Ganesa''
Hindi Poetry Collection
* ''Tanhaiyon Ki Paravarisa'' (2008)
Gujarati Poetry Collections
* ''Hāth Phamphose Āndhala Sugandhane'' (1985)
* ''Pāna Saranāmuṇ Na Jāņe Jhādanun Ā Deśamāņ'' (1997)
* Mobilenun Bhūta (2006)
* ''Kalpavrksani Lekhaņa Laine'' (2006)
Collection of Gujarati Short Stories
* ''Ksaņaswapna'' (2000)
Books on Sanskrit Grammar
* ''Vyāvaharika Sanskrit Vyākaraṇa'' (1995)
* ''Upasarga, Chirūpa, Nāmadhātu ane Krdanta vicāra'' (1996)
* ''Kārakavicāra'' (1998)
* ''Lakāravicāra'' (2001)
* ''Sandhi ane Samāsa Vicara'' (2003)
* ''Sanskrit Siksika'' (by Kamlashankar Trivedi) (2004)
* ''Kr, 'Bhū' ane 'As'nā Prayogo ane anuprayogo'' (2007)
Dictionaries
* ''Pārsva picture Dictionary'' (2000)
* ''Śri Vāni Citraśabdakośa'' (2001)
* ''Sacitra Amarakośa''
Books on teaching and learning Conversational Sanskrit
* ''Sanskritani Ābohavamān'' (1993)
* ''Sanskritanā Varsādamān'' (1996)
* ''Sanskritnā Upavanamān'' (1998)
* ''Sanskritnā Nagamāņ'' (2001)
* ''Sanskrit Bhāsā kausalyam'' (2006)
* ''Sanskritvāgvyavahāra'' (2004)
Edited works
* ''Sanskrita Sahityamān Mahātmā Gāndhi'' (1998)
* ''Kādambari'' (2000)
* ''Amruśatakam'' (1996)
Criticism on Sanskrit Sastras
* ''Dharmaśāstrano Paricayātmaka Itihāsa'' (with Rushiraj Jani)
* ''Bharatanun Rasasūtra Rūpakanā Prākāro Dwani Siddhānta ane dwaninā prakaro'' (2006)
Co-Edited books
* ''Kāvyaprakāśa'' (1990)
* ''Gangālahari'' (1990)
* ''Naisadhiyacaritam'' (1991)
* ''Řgveda - Mandal X'' (1992)
* ''Karnabhāram'' (1994)
* ''Buddhacaritam'' (third canto) 1993
* ''Ratnāvali'' (1993)
* ''Sundarakāndam'' (1993)
* ''Kathopanisada'' (1994)
* ''Mundakopanisada'' (1994)
* ''Sāundarnadam'' Canto 3 and 4 (1994)
* ''Sanskrit Sāhityano Itihāsa'' (1999)
* ''Manusmrti'' (Book 6) (1997)
* ''Santavilāsa ane karuņavilāsa'' (2001)
* ''Kāsambari - Sukanasopadeśah'' (2004
* ''Jātakamāla'' (2005–2006)
* ''Vaidika Suktamanjūsā'' (2005)
* ''Vaidikavanamaya'' (2008)
Books for children literature
* ''Gāgaramā Sāgara'' (1999)
* ''Purāņoni Vārtāo'' (1999)
* ''Ekatā Jhindābāda'' (2003)
* ''Dākaņano Dara'' (2005)
References
External links
Blog
More books
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Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Sanskrit
Living people
1954 births
Sanskrit writers
Sanskrit poets
20th-century Indian poets
Gujarat University alumni
People from Gandhinagar
21st-century Indian poets
Poets from Gujarat
Indian male poets
20th-century Indian male writers
21st-century Indian male writers