Manmohan Acharyais a poet and lyricist from India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. He is also a researcher and published author. His contribution appears significant by inspiring the classical dance, Odissi

Odissi

Odissi, also spelled Orissi , is one of the eight classical dance forms of India. It originates from the state of Orissa, in eastern India. It is the oldest surviving dance form of India on the basis of archaeological evidences. The classic treatise of Indian dance, Natya Shastra, refers to it as...

, for the first time to enter into Bollywood

Bollywood

Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...

 with his lucid Sanskrit lyrics.

Early life and education

Manmohan Acharya was born in the village Lathanga in Jagatsinghpur

Jagatsinghpur

Jagatsinghapur is a town and a Municipality area in Jagatsinghpur district in the Indian state of Orissa. Jagatsingpur got the recognition of a district on 1 April 1994, which is situated at a distance of 60 km from Cuttack. Jagtsingpur district has made Orissa's literature and culture...

 district in Orissa

Orissa

Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 in 1967. He was born in a Sanskrit family of Lathanga, Orissa

Lathanga, Orissa

Lathanga is a famous village in the state of Orissa, India with its postal Zip code 754140. Lathanga is the corrupt form of the Sanskrit word 'Rathaanga' which means 'like the body of a chariot'. This village has become very much known among the people due to its contribution to the triple Ss i.e...

 of parents Pandit Mayadhar Acharya and Parvati Devi.

Works

Manomohan Acharya has contributed a lot to modern Sanskrit literature

Sanskrit literature

Literature in Sanskrit begins with the Vedas, and continues with the Sanskrit Epics of Iron Age India; the golden age of Classical Sanskrit literature dates to late Antiquity . Literary production saw a late bloom in the 11th century before declining after 1100 AD...

 both as Poet and Play-wright.

Poetry

• Gitamohanam
  Gitamohanam
  Gita-Mohanam,'Spiritual Hymns' is a famous Sanskrit poetry book of Indian Poet Manmohan Acharya.This work has been of great importance in the acceleration of spirituality. The Gita Mohanam is organized Sixteen chapters. Each chapter contains one song...
  
  . 7 of the songs were adapted for the Bhakti Sangeeta C.D. of International Prajnan Mission; a devotional song is included in the 2009 movie The Desire
  The Desire
  The Desire-Journey of a Woman is an upcoming Indo-Chinese feature film, directed by R. Sarath. Starring Shilpa Shetty in lead role, the film also stars Chinese actor Xia Yu along with Indian actors and actresses as Jaya Prada, Anupam Kher, Sheetal Menon and Sachin Khedekar...
  
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• Gita-bhaaratam(lyrics). Compilation of patriotic songs.
• Gita milindam
  Gita milindam
  Gita-milindam,Song of the Bumblebee is a famous Lyrics in Sanskrit written by Indian Poet, Manmohan Acharya.-Theme:It contains 15 gunjans in different melodious Rhythms . The Poet sweeped over untouched horizons and speakes for the common mass.The couple of bumble-bees are the natural singers and...
  
   (lyrics)
• Palli-panchaasika. (Khandakavya)
• subhasa-charitam (Mahakavya)
• Sri Sivananda-Laharika (Philosophical Kavya)
• Yati-giti-satakam(Sataka-kavya)

Dance drama

• Arjuna-Pratijnaa
• Shrita-kamalam
• Pada-pallavam
• Divya-Jayadevam
• Ravana
• Pingalaa
• Mrtyu
• Sthitaprajnah
• Tantram
• Purva-sakuntalam
• Uttara-sakuntalam

Research

1. Sistaachaara (Book)

2. Maagha And Bhanja in Picture Poetry(Book)

3. Indian Trend of Human Rights

4. An Algebraic Operation in Vedic Mathematics ;

5. Sharadindu-sundara-ruchih devi, Vani vaa Shakti-ruupini ;

6. Sixty Four Arts, A Study ;

7. Contribution of Sanskrit in Advancement of Oriya Language ;

8. An Encyclopedic Dictionary Of Yajurvedic Upanishads (Book)

9. Vedic Research In Orissa during 20th Century ;

10. Mind in Shiva-samkalpa hymn, A psycho-philosophical Analysis

11. Bhaarata-pamkaja-dalamidam Utkal-mandala-miti viditam yat ;

12. Description of Heart in Upanisads

13. Concept of Human Rights in Vedic Tradition;

14. Vedic Trend of Human Rights vrs. Varna- Ashrama System ;

15. Financial Emergency : Kautilya's Arthashastra vis-a-vis Indian Constitution;

16. Kavivara- Bhaarata-varsham Shrauta-puraatanamaarsham ;

17. Tarka Vaachaspati Madhusudan Mishra, A study

18. Map of Puranic India

Awards

• 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

External links

• Narthaki
• Sanskrit literature#Modern Sanskrit literature