Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya is a Hindu religious leader, Sanskrit scholar and Katha artist based in Chitrakoot, India.[1] Rambhadracharya is a spontaneous poet and writer in Sanskrit, Hindi, Awadhi, Maithili, and several other languages.[2][3] He has authored more than 100 books and 50 papers,[1][4][5] including four epic poems, a Hindi commentary on Tulsidas' Ramcharitmanas, a Sanskrit commentary in verse on the Ashtadhyayi, and Sanskrit commentaries on the Prasthanatrayi scriptures.[6] He is regarded as one of the greatest authorities on Tulsidas in India,[7] and is the editor of a critical edition of the Ramcharitmanas.[8]
Many Sanskrit and Hindi authors have critiqued and reviewed the works and the literary style of Rambhadracharya, prominent among them being Kalika Prasad Shukla, Rewa Prasad Dwivedi, Devarshi Kala Nath Shastry and Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra. In his conversations and speeches, Rambhadracharya often employs extemporaneously composed verses in Upajāti metre and the Daṇḍaka style with long adjectives. In his poems, the three classical styles of Pāñcālī, Vaidarbhī and Lāṭī are dominant. Some distinguishing features of his Sanskrit poetry include use of rhyme (Antyānuprāsa), employment of a variety of metres including many Prakrit and Hindi metres, new usages, and the Gīti style. Rambhadracharya is credited with reviving the letter-poem (Patrakāvya) genre in Sanskrit after 2000 years. His Sanskrit commentaries have a broad coverage with theories supported by evidence, novel interpretations, elaborate derivations, and an independent style with quotes from the works of Tulsidas accompanied by Sanskrit poetic translations. His Hindi lyrical works follow the Bhojpuri tradition with emphasis on both the aesthetics and emotion. Optimism, devotion to motherland, and patriotism are some more features of his works which are seen in several poems and plays.
- ^ a b Tripathi, Radha Vallabh, ed. (2012). संस्कृतविद्वत्परिचायिका – Inventory of Sanskrit Scholars (PDF). New Delhi, India: Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan. p. 94. ISBN 978-93-8611-185-2. Retrieved April 16, 2012.
- ^ "वाचस्पति पुरस्कार २००७" [Vachaspati Award 2007] (PDF) (in Hindi). K. K. Birla Foundation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
- ^ Dinkar 2008, p. 39.
- ^ Kant, Pradeep; Kumar, Anil (19 May 2011). "Writ Petition No. 8023 (MB) of 2008: Shiv Asrey Asthana and others Vs Union of India and others". Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India: Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench). Retrieved 29 September 2011.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "మార్గదర్శి జగద్గురు రామభద్రాచార్య (Margadarsi Jagadguru Rambhadracharya)". మార్గదర్శి (Margadarsi) (in Telugu). Hyderabad. October 21, 2012. 1:24 minutes in. ETV Network. ETV2. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
ఆయన శతాధిక గ్రంథకర్తా (He is the author of more than 100 books).
- ^ Dinkar 2008, pp. 40–43.
- ^ Prasad 1999, p. xiv: "Acharya Giridhar Mishra is responsible for many of my interpretations of the epic. The meticulousness of his profound scholarship and his extraordinary dedication to all aspects of Rama's story have led to his recognition as one of the greatest authorities on Tulasidasa in India today ... that the Acharya's knowledge of the Ramacharitamanasa is vast and breathtaking and that he is one of those rare scholars who knows the text of the epic virtually by heart."
- ^ Rambhadracharya (ed) 2006.