Madhusudan Rao

Bhaktakabi

Madhusudan Rao
Born(1853-01-19)19 January 1853
Puri, Odisha, India
Died28 December 1912(1912-12-28) (aged 59)
OccupationPoet, Essayist
NationalityIndian
GenrePoetry
Notable worksPrabandhamala, Barnabodha

Madhusudan Rao (19 January 1853 – 28 December 1912) was an Odia poet and writer from India. He was known as Bhaktakabi. His most well known work is the Chhabila Madhu Barnabodha. He was also a prominent acharya of the Brahmo Samaj.

Life

[edit]

He was born on 19 January 1853 in the district of Puri. He was a prominent Odia poet and essayist widely considered as the Father Of Modern Odia Poetry, by adding foreign (western) lyrical elements and experimentation. He died on 28 December 1912.[1]

Works

[edit]

He is known as Bhaktakavi of Odia and is considered the father of modern (using western lyrical forms) Odia poetry.[citation needed]

  • In collaboration with Radhanath Ray, he published two volumes, one each in 1873 and 1874, of collections of poems entitled Kavitabali.
  • His other poetry collections, which also consist of compositions used as lyrics for songs, comprise:
    • Chhandamala (Vol. 1, 188; Vol. 2, 1895),
    • Sangitamala (1894),
    • Basanta Gatha (1910),
    • Kusumanjali (1903) and
    • Utkalgatha (1908).
  • Prabandhamala, published in 1880, is a collection of essays in Odia.[2][3]
  • Apart from writing essays, he translated a few works from Sanskrit and English into Odia. They were published in Utkal Darpan, a literary journal.
  • He wrote two short stories.
  • He translated the Uttararamacarita of Bhavabhuti into Odia.
  • He also contributed to children's literature.[2]
  • Rao, Madhusudan (1898). Chandamala (in Odia). The Arunodya Press. OCLC 499869715.
  • Rao, Madhusudan (1901). Mahadebi Bhiktoria (in Odia). The Utkal Sahitya Press. OCLC 499865497.
  • Rao, Madhusudan (1983). Madhusudana granthabali (in Odia). Grantha Mandira. OCLC 499128674.
  • Rao, Madhusudan (1912). Ucca siksaka suhrda (in Odia). OCLC 1046989696.
  • Rao, Madhusudan (1922). Karnna badha (in Odia). The Brajendra Press. OCLC 499865888.
  • Rao, Madhusudan (1983). Basanta Gatha (in Odia). Phrends Pablisars. OCLC 499610376.
  • Rao, Madhusudan (1944). Barnabodha (in Odia). The I.S.S.D. Press. OCLC 499519106.
  • Rao, Madhusudan; Kabi, Asita (1972). Kusumañjali : alocana saha (in Odia). Niushtudentas Shtora. OCLC 6304045.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Binod Sankar Das (1986). Glimpses of Orissa. Punthi Pustak. p. 138. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b Mohan Lal (2007). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Navaratri-Sarvasena. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. pp. 3585–3586. ISBN 81-260-1003-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ignored ISBN errors (link)
  3. ^ Swarupa Gupta (30 October 2017). Cultural Constellations, Place-Making and Ethnicity in Eastern India, c. 1850-1927. Boston: BRILL. p. 80. ISBN 978-90-04-34976-6. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
[edit]