Manmohan Acharya

Manmohan Acharya was a poet and lyricist from India. His Sanskrit poems and lyrics have been put to music and danced to in the Odissi classical Indian dance form. A devotional song from his Gitamohanam was featured in the 2009 Bollywood movie, The Desire. He was also a researcher and published author.

Early life
Manmohan Acharya was born in 1967 in Lathanga, a village in the Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa, India to Pandit Mayadhar Acharya and Parvati Devi.

Poetry
His poetry includes the following works:


 * Gitamohanam. One of its devotional songs features in the 2009 movie The Desire.
 * Gita-bhaaratam (lyrics). A compilation of patriotic songs.
 * Gita milindam (lyrics) consists of 15 songs with different rhythms.
 * Palli-panchaasika (1987) - a Sanskrit minor poem (Khaṇḍakāvya)
 * Subhasa-charitam - in Mahakavya style
 * Sri Sivananda-Laharika - in Kāvya style
 * Yati-giti-satakam (Sataka-kavya)

Dance drama
He has written dance dramas including:
 * Arjuna-Pratijnaa
 * Shrita-kamalam
 * Pada-pallavam
 * Divya-Jayadevam
 * Ravana
 * Pingalaa
 * Mrtyu
 * Sthitaprajnah
 * Tantram
 * Purva-sakuntalam
 * Uttara-sakuntalam

Translation

 *  Gitagovinda of Jayadev as Gitagovind Rasaavali

Research



 * 1) Sistaachaara (Book)
 * 2) Maagha And Bhanja in Picture Poetry (book)
 * 3) Indian Trend of Human Rights
 * 4) An Algebraic Operation in Vedic Mathematics;
 * 5) Sharadindu-sundara-ruchih devi, Vani vaa Shakti-ruupini;
 * 6) Sixty Four Arts, A Study;
 * 7) Contribution of Sanskrit in Advancement of Oriya Language;
 * 8) An Encyclopedic Dictionary Of Yajurvedic Upanishads (Book)
 * 9) Vedic Research In Orissa during 20th Century
 * 10) Mind in Shiva-samkalpa hymn, A psycho-philosophical Analysis
 * 11) Bhaarata-pamkaja-dalamidam Utkal-mandala-miti viditam yat;
 * 12) Description of Heart in Upanisads
 * 13) Concept of Human Rights in Vedic Tradition;
 * 14) Vedic Trend of Human Rights vrs. Varna- Ashrama System;
 * 15) Financial Emergency : Kautilya's Arthashastra vis-a-vis Indian Constitution;
 * 16) Kavivara- Bhaarata-varsham Shrauta-puraatanamaarsham;
 * 17) Tarka Vaachaspati Madhusudan Mishra, A study
 * 18) Map of Puranic India

Awards

 * Sanskrit Eloquency Award, Vikram University, Ujjain, M.P., 1990
 * Vanikavi Award from Vanivinodi Parishad, Utkal University, 1991
 * Doctor of Philosophy from Sri Jagannath Sanskrit University, 2003
 * Gita-Saarasa Award from Christ College, Cuttack administration, 05.02.2005
 * Delhi Sanskrit Academy Award for instant poem writing, 2007
 * Ananda Bharadvaja Sammanah, 2007
 * Lokakavyanidhi Award, from All India Lokabhasa Prachara Samiti, Puri, 2008
 * Bharata-Bharati-Samman from National Sanskrit Sahitya Academy, 2009
 * Abhinava Jayadeva Samman, 2009, Bhaktakavi Sri Jayadeva Samaroha samiti
 * Sanskrit Sangeet Nataka Academy Award, 2010
 * Fellowship of Vachaspati from Saraswati Research Institute
 * Chinta Chetana National Baisakhi Award, 2012

Death
Acharya died at his residence in Cuttack on 2013.