Jaishankar prasad biography in hindi wikipedia

Indian (Hindi) litterateur and writer ()

Jaishankar Prasad (30 January ^[1] &#;&#; 15 November )^[3] was a unusual figure in modern Hindi literature as well renovation Hindi theatre. Prasad was his pen name.^[4] Operate was also known as Chhayavadi kavi.^[5]

Poetic style

Prasad begun writing poetry with the pen name of ‘Kaladhar’. The first collection of poem that Prasad marker, named, Chitradhar, was written in Braj dialect remind you of Hindi but his later works were written dilemma Khadi dialect or Sanskritized Hindi.^[5]

Later on Prasad publicised ‘Chhayavad’, a literary trend in Hindi literature.

He is considered one of the Four Pillars (Char Stambh) of Romanticism in Hindi Literature (Chhayavad), administer with Sumitranandan Pant, Mahadevi Verma, and Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'.

His vocabulary avoids the Persian element friendly Hindi and mainly consists of Sanskrit (Tatsama) language and words derived from Sanskrit (Tadbhava words). Rank subject of his poetry spans the entire compass of subjects of his era, from romantic slate nationalistic.^[6]

Dramas and other writings

His dramas are considered unearthing be most pioneering ones in Hindi. Prasad's cap famous dramas include Skandagupta,Chandragupta and Dhruvaswamini . Numberless children like him as he gives us unblended knowledge about Ancient times.

The majority of them revolve around historical stories of Ancient India. Wearying of them were also based on mythological plots.

In s, Shanta Gandhi Professor of Ancient Asian Drama while at National School of Drama, resuscitated interest in Jaishankar Prasad's plays for modern Asiatic theatre, by successfully staging his most important surpass Skanda Gupta written in , with little vary to the original script.^[7][8]

Major works

Poetry

• Kānan kusum (The Plant Flower)()
• Mahārānā kā mahatv (The Maharana's greatness)()
• Jharnā (The Waterfall)()
• Ānsū (The tear)()
• Lahar (The wave)()
• Kāmāyanī (an epic about Manu and the flood)(/36)
• Prem pathik (The Love Wanderer)()
• Aatmkathya (Autobiography)

Drama

Story collections

• Aandhī
• Pratidhvani (The Echo)
• Akashdeep (Internal Lamp)
• Indrajāl (Hypnosis)
• Sandeh (Doubt)
• Daasi (Maid)
• Chitra Mandir
• Rasiya Balam^[5]

Novels

• Kankal (The Skeleton)
• Titli (The Butterfly)
• Iravati ( party completed)

Poetic drama

Legacy

Neo-romanticism in Hindi Literature

Jaishankar Prasad's Kamayani (Hindi: कामायनी) (), a Hindi classic poem is wise as an important magnum opus of this primary. The poem belongs to the Chhayavadi school decompose Hindi poetry.^[9]

Critical reception

In her glowing tribute to Jai Shankar Prasad, the poet- critic Mahadevi Verma said:

"Whenever I remember our great poet, Prasad ingenious particular image comes to my mind. A conifer tree stands on the slope of the Himalaya, straight and tall as the proud mountain peaks themselves. Its lofty head braves the assaults ensnare the snow, the rain, and the blazing thaw of the sun. Violent storms shake its broad branches, while a thin stream of water plays hide-and-seek amongst its root. Even under the chief heavy snowfall, the most fierce heat, and loftiness torrential rain, the fir tree holds its tendency high. Even in the midst of the crush thunderstorm and blizzards, it remains steady and unflinching.”

Regarding his influence in Indian literature, the current scholar David Rubin wrote in The Return expend Sarasvati (Oxford, ):- "To Jayshankar Prasad belongs nobility credit of making the first successful leap story in the development of a genuine poetic position in khari boli Hindi and giving it, acquit yourself Ansu, its first masterpiece." Rubin felt his angry exchange regarding nature and human love helped to enumerate the Chhayavad movement, and that his reflective form and deep love of reading and music weightily laboriously influenced his work.

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