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Jagannath Prasad Bhanu

Jagannath Prasad Bhanu (, 8 August 1859 – 25 October 1945) was a Hindi scholar of poetry and prose. He is recognized as a pioneering scholar of aesthetics in Hindi. His best known work was the Chandaḥprabhākara, a work of Hindi prose, published in nine editions during his life.

Life

Jagannath Prasad Bhanu was born on 8 August 1859 at Nagpur to Bakhshi Ram, the capital of then Central Provinces. He spent most of his life in Bilaspur in modern-day Chhattisgarh. He was a scholar of Hindi, Sanskrit, Prakrit, English, Urdu, Persian, Odia and Marathi. He was especially interested in linguistics and mathematics.

In 1940, Bhanu received the title of Mahamahopadhyaya. He died in 1945.

Major works

  • Chandaḥprabhākara (1894): A Hindi prose work. This popular work saw many editions during his lifetime, and was published in its ninth edition in 1939.
  • Navapañcāmṛta Rāmāyaṇa (1897): This is a work based on the Ramcharitmanas.
  • Kāvyaprabhākara (1909): A work on poetics in Hindi.
  • Chanda SārāvalÄ« (1917).
  • Alaṅkāra PraśnottarÄ« (1918).
  • HindÄ« Kāvyālaṅkāra (1918).
  • Kāvya Prabandha (1918).
  • Kāvya Kusumāñjali (1920).
  • Nāyikā Bheda ŚaṅkāvalÄ« (1925).
  • Rasaratnākara (1927): A work on aesthetics in Hindi.
  • ŚrÄ« TulasÄ« Tatva Prakāśa (1931).
  • Rāmāyaṇa VarṇāvalÄ« (1936).
  • Alaṅkāra Darpaṇa (1936).
  • ŚrÄ« TulasÄ« Bhāva Prakāśa (1937).

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