Jaggu Vakulabhushana

Jaggu Vakulabhushana was an eminent Sanskrit poet and writer. He was born Alwar Iyengar in 1902 at Chatraghosha near Melukote, India (Vakulabhushana was his pen name) and died in 1994. He was awarded the Sahitya Academy award for his seminal work "Jayantika".

Works

Sanskrit works

• Jayantika-Gadyakavya, based on Bana's Kadambari (1990)
• Yaduvamsacaritam – Gadyakavya based on Bana's Harsacarita
• Adbhutadutam an epic in 15 cantos, based on Udyaogaparvan on the Mahabharata (1968),
• Karunarasatarangini- Khandakavya,
• Patikoktimala – poetry,
• Srngaralilamrtam – poetry
• Kalikautukam – an unpublished Khandakavya,
• Gitaraghavam – poetry
• Vasantavatamsavarnanam – Khandakavya
• Bharatasamgrahah – Campu
• Yatirajacampu – Campu
• Yatrodantacampu – Campu
• Laksmistutimanjari – devotional poem,
• Hayavadanastotram – devotional poem,
• Amrtadhirohini – devotional poem,
• Aghavighatini – devotional poem, on Rama; (unpublished)
• Laksmidandakah – devotional poetry,
• Yadusailasatakam – Satakakavya,
• Gandhinutih – poem, unpublished;
• Kodandaramasuprabhatam – devotional poetry,
• Vasudevasuprabhatam – devotional poetry, (unpublished);
• Dasarathisuprabhatam – devotional poetry, (unpublished);
• Subrahmanyasuprabhatam – devotional poetry, (unpublished);
• Madhyaranganathastotram – devotional poetry, (unpublished)
• Madhyaranganathasuprabhatam – devotional poetry, (un-published);
• Madhyaranganathasatanamastotram – devotional poetry,(unpublished);
• Madhyaratiganayiksuprabhatam – devotional poetry, (unpublished);
• Mahalaksmisuprabhatam – devotional poetry,
• Sriyoganrsimhasuprabhatam – devotional poetry,
• Sriyoganrsimhamangalastotram – devotional poetry,
• Srimallesvarakrsnasuprabhatam – devotional poetry,
• Srimallesvarakrsnamangalam – devotional poetry,
• Madhyajanardana suprabhatam – devotional poetry,
• Janardanasumangalam – devotional poetry,
• Venkataryavandanam –- devotional poetry,
• Prapannavani- devotional poetry,
• Adbhutamsukam – play, (precursor to Venisamhara of Bhattanarayana)
• Pratijnakautilyam – play, (precursor to Mudrarakshasa of Vishakhadatta)
• Prasannakasyapam-play,(successor of Abhijnanasakuntala of Kalidasa)
• Karmahalam – play, unpublished,
• Maniharanam – play, (successor of Bhasa's Urubhanga)
• Maiijulamaiijiram – play
• Balivijayam –play,
• Amulyamalyam – play,
• Yauvarajyam – play,
• Pratijñåśāntanavam – play,
• Anangadāprahasnam – a farce,
• Samyuktā – a play,
• Nighnatāpasam – a play, 1982
• NavajÄ«mÅ«tam – a play 1986,
• Mugdhakuntalam – play, 1993
• Prabuddhaprajñam. Play 1993
• KaumudÄ«yam – play, 1993
• VÄ«rasaubhadram – play, precursor to DÅ«taghatotkaca of Bhāsa
• Vrataphalam – play, 1993
• Kalikālusyam – play, 1993
• Dāśarathidarśanam – play, 1993
• VitÄ«rnāmrtam – play, 1993
• Syamantakam – play, 1993
• Maireyapāramyam – play, 1993

Critical works

• BhāvakaumudÄ« – (Commentary on the play KādambarÄ«kalyāna)
• UpākhyānaratnamañjÅ«sā – Commentary on Kshemendra's Cārucaryā

Miscellaneous works

• Kanakamuktāmani
• ShringerÄ« śankarāryasvāgatam
• SamasyāpÅ«ranāni
• Suvarnānyoktipañcakam
• Cātuślokāh
• Anyoktimālā, (unpublished);
• Adbhutavijñāpannam,
• Prasannakāśyapavijñaptih
• Syamantakavijñaptih
• Pratijñākautilyvijñaptih(unpublished);
• Yaduvamśa-caritavijñaptih

Translations

• SrÄ«vacanabhÅ«shanam – (from Sanskrit into Kannada)
• Caramupāyanirnayah

Other works

• LaksmÄ«dāsasāhiyam
• Ajñātagranthāh

Works in Kannada

• Naguvintagantu (Autobiographical comic story),
• Rādhāmohan – Cine-play,
• RāmjÄ«rangsthola – comic essays,
• Melunadina Bhāgyodaya,
• AmbarÄ«sacarita,
• Bhagavatya-daśaka,
• VedāntavÅ« SāhityavÅ«,
• Janārdasuprabhātopodgātha,
• MāhālakshmÄ«suprabhātopodgātha,
• SrÄ«vacana-bhūśanopodgātha,
• AmrtādhirohinÄ«suprabhātopodgātha,
• Padmapurāna (translation of 3 chapters – unpublished),
• GÄ«topanyāsa,
• Rāmāyanopanyasa.

Awards and recognition

• Sahitya Akademi award for creative writing in Sanskrit.
• President's certificate of honour.

References

Bibliography

• Encyclopedia of Indian Literature, Sahitya Academy, 1988
• Adhunik Sanskrit Natak, Ramaji Upadhyaya, 1977
• Who is who of Sanskrit Scholars in India, Sahitya Academy, 1993