Harshadev Madhav


Harshadev Madhav is a Sanskrit and Gujarati language poet and writer who won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit in 2006 for his work of poetry, Tava Sparshe Sparshe. He had composed over 2200 poems in Sanskrit as of 1992.

Early life

Harshavadan Mansukhlal Jani was born on 20 October 1954 in Vartej, a city in Bhavnagar district to Mansukhlal and Nandanben. He took his primary education from Vartej Primary School. He completed his high school education in 1971 from Koliyak Madhyamik Shala, Koliyak. He got his Bachelor of Arts as an external student from Saurashtra University in 1975. While working in a telegraph office in Palitana, he completed his Master of Arts in 1981 with Sanskrit from Saurashtra University with first rank, and subsequently became a lecturer at H. K. Arts College, Ahmedabad. He completed B.Ed in 1983 and Ph.D in 1990 from Gujarat University. He received Ph.D for his research work " Mukhya Puranoma Shap Ane Teno Prabhav".
He married Shruti Jani on 29 April 1985 and they have a son, Rushiraj Jani.
He participated in the Kavisammelana at the 13th World Sanskrit Conference, Edinburgh and the 14th World Sanskrit Conference, Kyoto.

Work

He is credited with introducing Japanese Haiku and Tanka, and Korean Sijo, into Sanskrit poetry.
Samir Kumar Datta puts in him the category of modernist or revolutionary Sanskrit poets, and says:

Recognition

List of books

Sanskrit poetry collection

Rathyāsu Jambuvarņāņām Širāņām Alakanandā Sabdānām Nirmaksikesu Dhvamsāvaseseşu Mṛgayā Lāvārasadigdhāh Swapnamayāḥ Parvatāh Bṛhannalā Asicca Me Manasi Niskrāntāh Sarve Purā yatra Srotaḥ Kālośmi Mṛtyuśatakaṃ Suṣumņāyāṃ Nimagnā Naukā Bhāvasthirāņi Jananāntarasauhrdāni Kannakyā Kṣiptaṃ Māṇikyanūpuraṃ, Sudhāsíndhormadye Manaso Naimiņāraṇam Rşeh Kșubdhe Cetasi Tava Sparse sparse Bhati Te Bhāratam Sparsalajjākomalā Smrtih
  • ''Tathāstu''

Collections of Sanskrit-dramas

Mrtyurayam Kastūrimrgośti
  • ''Kalpavrkşah''

Sanskrit Novel

  • ''Mūko Rāmagirirbhūtvā''

Book of Modern Sanskrit Criticism (in Sanskrit)

  • ''Nakhadarpanah''

Books of Criticism (in Gujarati)

Mahākāvi Māgha Paurāņika Kathāo Ane Akhayāno Sanskrit Samakālina KavitāNakhānām Pāņdityam
  • ''Nakhacihna''

Collected Poems

Head Lines Again Paksi ke pankha Para Gagan Alakananda aur Anyānya Kavita by Bibekananda Panigrahi Smrtiyon ki Jirņa Śrāvastā Nagarimen
  • ''Buddhasya Bhiksāpatre''

Translated work

  • ''Sanskritanun Bhāṣāstriya Adhyayana''

Books edited

Sanskrit Sahityamāņ Mahātmā Gāndhi Rturāja Vasanta Āpaņāņ Varşākāvyo Pșthavinā Premano Paryāya : Patni Parama Tattva Siva Vaicārika Krātinā paripreksyamān Sanskrit Sāhitya Sanskrit Sāhitya Ane Cosatha Kalão Sanskrit Sāhitymāņ Ādhyātmikatā ane Jivanadarśana bor
  • ''Sanskrit Sāhityamān Sāmājika Cetanā''

Books of research on 'Tantra-śāstra'

Mantranāņ Rahasyo, Mantroddhāra ane Yantrasiddhio Śakta Tantramāņ Srividyanāņ Rahasyo Sri Sukta, Sriyantra ane Śrividhyā
  • ''Pratyaksa Brahma : Ganesa''

Hindi Poetry Collection

  • ''Tanhaiyon Ki Paravarisa''

Gujarati Poetry Collections

Hāth Phamphose Āndhala Sugandhane Pāna Saranāmuṇ Na Jāņe Jhādanun Ā Deśamāņ
  • Mobilenun Bhūta
  • ''Kalpavrksani Lekhaņa Laine''

Collection of Gujarati Short Stories

  • ''Ksaņaswapna''

Books on Sanskrit Grammar

Vyāvaharika Sanskrit Vyākaraṇa Upasarga, Chirūpa, Nāmadhātu ane Krdanta vicāra Kārakavicāra Lakāravicāra Sandhi ane Samāsa Vicara Sanskrit Siksika
  • ''Kr, 'Bhū' ane 'As'nā Prayogo ane anuprayogo''

Dictionaries

Pārsva picture Dictionary Śri Vāni Citraśabdakośa
  • ''Sacitra Amarakośa''

Books on teaching and learning Conversational Sanskrit

Sanskritani Ābohavamān Sanskritanā Varsādamān Sanskritnā Upavanamān Sanskritnā Nagamāņ Sanskrit Bhāsā kausalyam
  • ''Sanskritvāgvyavahāra''

Edited works

Sanskrita Sahityamān Mahātmā Gāndhi Kādambari
  • ''Amruśatakam''

Criticism on Sanskrit Sastras

Dharmaśāstrano Paricayātmaka Itihāsa
  • ''Bharatanun Rasasūtra Rūpakanā Prākāro Dwani Siddhānta ane dwaninā prakaro''

Co-Edited books

Kāvyaprakāśa Gangālahari Naisadhiyacaritam Řgveda - Mandal X Karnabhāram Buddhacaritam 1993Ratnāvali Sundarakāndam Kathopanisada Mundakopanisada Sāundarnadam Canto 3 and 4 Sanskrit Sāhityano Itihāsa Manusmrti Santavilāsa ane karuņavilāsa Kāsambari - Sukanasopadeśah Vaidika Suktamanjūsā
  • ''Vaidikavanamaya''

Books for children literature

Gāgaramā Sāgara Purāņoni Vārtāo Ekatā Jhindābāda
  • ''Dākaņano Dara''