Jaggu Vakulabhushana

Jaggu Vakulabhushana was an eminent Sanskrit poet and writer.^[1] He was born Alwar Iyengar in 1902 at Chatraghosha near Melukote, India (Vakulabhushana was his pen name) and died in 1994.^[2] He was awarded the Sahitya Academy award for his seminal work "Jayantika".^[3][4]

Works

Sanskrit works

• Jayantika-Gadyakavya, based on Bana's Kadambari (1990)
• Yaduvamsacaritam – Gadyakavya based on Bana's Harsacarita
• Adbhutadutam an epic in 15 cantos, based on Udyaogaparvan on the Mahabharata (1968),
• Karunarasatarangini- Khandakavya,
• Patikoktimala – poetry,
• Srngaralilamrtam – poetry
• Kalikautukam – an unpublished Khandakavya,
• Gitaraghavam – poetry
• Vasantavatamsavarnanam – Khandakavya
• Bharatasamgrahah – Campu
• Yatirajacampu – Campu
• Yatrodantacampu – Campu
• Laksmistutimanjari – devotional poem,
• Hayavadanastotram – devotional poem,
• Amrtadhirohini – devotional poem,
• Aghavighatini – devotional poem, on Rama; (unpublished)
• Laksmidandakah – devotional poetry,
• Yadusailasatakam – Satakakavya,
• Gandhinutih – poem, unpublished;
• Kodandaramasuprabhatam – devotional poetry,
• Vasudevasuprabhatam – devotional poetry, (unpublished);
• Dasarathisuprabhatam – devotional poetry, (unpublished);
• Subrahmanyasuprabhatam – devotional poetry, (unpublished);
• Madhyaranganathastotram – devotional poetry, (unpublished)
• Madhyaranganathasuprabhatam – devotional poetry, (un-published);
• Madhyaranganathasatanamastotram – devotional poetry,(unpublished);
• Madhyaratiganayiksuprabhatam – devotional poetry, (unpublished);
• Mahalaksmisuprabhatam – devotional poetry,
• Sriyoganrsimhasuprabhatam – devotional poetry,
• Sriyoganrsimhamangalastotram – devotional poetry,
• Srimallesvarakrsnasuprabhatam – devotional poetry,
• Srimallesvarakrsnamangalam – devotional poetry,
• Madhyajanardana suprabhatam – devotional poetry,
• Janardanasumangalam – devotional poetry,
• Venkataryavandanam –- devotional poetry,
• Prapannavani- devotional poetry,
• Adbhutamsukam – play, (precursor to Venisamhara of Bhattanarayana)
• Pratijnakautilyam – play, (precursor to Mudrarakshasa of Vishakhadatta)
• Prasannakasyapam-play,(successor of Abhijnanasakuntala of Kalidasa)
• Karmahalam – play, unpublished,
• Maniharanam – play, (successor of Bhasa's Urubhanga)
• Maiijulamaiijiram – play
• Balivijayam –play,
• Amulyamalyam – play,
• Yauvarajyam – play,
• Pratijñåśāntanavam – play,
• Anangadāprahasnam – a farce,
• Samyuktā – a play,
• Nighnatāpasam – a play, 1982
• Navajīmūtam – a play 1986,
• Mugdhakuntalam – play, 1993
• Prabuddhaprajñam. Play 1993
• Kaumudīyam – play, 1993
• Vīrasaubhadram – play, precursor to Dūtaghatotkaca of Bhāsa
• Vrataphalam – play, 1993
• Kalikālusyam – play, 1993
• Dāśarathidarśanam – play, 1993
• Vitīrnāmrtam – play, 1993
• Syamantakam – play, 1993
• Maireyapāramyam – play, 1993^[5]

Critical works

• Bhāvakaumudī – (Commentary on the play Kādambarīkalyāna)
• Upākhyānaratnamañjūsā – Commentary on Kshemendra's Cārucaryā

Miscellaneous works

• Kanakamuktāmani
• Shringerī śankarāryasvāgatam
• Samasyāpūranāni
• Suvarnānyoktipañcakam
• Cātuślokāh
• Anyoktimālā, (unpublished);
• Adbhutavijñāpannam,
• Prasannakāśyapavijñaptih
• Syamantakavijñaptih
• Pratijñākautilyvijñaptih(unpublished);
• Yaduvamśa-caritavijñaptih

Translations

• Srīvacanabhūshanam – (from Sanskrit into Kannada)
• Caramupāyanirnayah

Other works

• Laksmīdāsasāhiyam
• Ajñātagranthāh

Works in Kannada

• Naguvintagantu (Autobiographical comic story),
• Rādhāmohan – Cine-play,
• Rāmjīrangsthola – comic essays,
• Melunadina Bhāgyodaya,
• Ambarīsacarita,
• Bhagavatya-daśaka,
• Vedāntavū Sāhityavū,
• Janārdasuprabhātopodgātha,
• Māhālakshmīsuprabhātopodgātha,
• Srīvacana-bhūśanopodgātha,
• Amrtādhirohinīsuprabhātopodgātha,
• Padmapurāna (translation of 3 chapters – unpublished),
• Gītopanyāsa,
• Rāmāyanopanyasa.

Awards and recognition

• Sahitya Akademi award for creative writing in Sanskrit.^[6]
• President's certificate of honour.