User:Sugyan Kumar Mahanty

Life: Sugyan Kumar Mahanty (Devanagari: सुज्ञान कुमार माहान्ति, IAST sujñāna kumāra māhānti; 1968), born in the Ganjam district of Orissa, is an academician, researcher, critic, poet and author settled in Bhopal, India. He is a traditional scholar of Sanskrit and Indian literature. He works as an associate professor of Sahitya at the Central Sanskrit University, New Delhi. He is a scholar of Sanskrit. He is a versatile scholar having knowledge of many languages, i.e. Sanskrit, Oriya, Hindi, English and skilled in numerous scripts including Sharada. He has 32 years’ of experience in teaching Sanskrit and Poetics in various parts of India including Orissa, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh etc.

Works: "The Recensions of Nāṭyaśāstra" 978-93-80829-84-5, https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9380829841, has been edited by Sugyan Kumar Mahanty, has been jointly published by National Mission for Manuscripts 11 Man Singh Road New Delhi 110 001 and Dev Publishers & Distributors 2nd Floor, Prakash Deep, 22, Delhi Medical Association Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi - 110002. The book encorporates 23 such scholarly research papers on the textual criticism of Nāṭyaśāstra. It presents systematic and deep discussions on various Recensions of Nāṭyaśāstra and establishes a pathway to digging out primary text of Nāṭyaśāstra credited to Bharata.

"Līlāvatī Vīthī of Rāmapāṇivāda" ISBN-13: 9788124610107, ISBN-10: 812461010X, with the Sanskrit Commentary Prācī, with Introduction in English and appendices is another masterpiece to his credit in literary pursuits that has been published by DK Printworld, 2020, New Delhi, India. The work presents an erudite commentary in Sanskrit and an extensive introduction on the history of Vīthī literature. Vīthī is one of ten types of dramatic presentations discussed in Indian dramaturgy.

His “Kāvyatattvālokaḥ” an original work on Comparative Literary Criticism of East and West, is another master piece in Sanskrit to his credit, has been published by Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth presently known as The National Sanskrit University, Tirupati, in 2010. The book presents comparative views on various theories of literary criticism, i.e. kāvyaprayojana, kāvyahetu, kāvyalakṣaṇa, śabdaśakti, kāvyātmā, guṇa, doṣa, alaṅkāra etc. He discusses the different schools of Indian theories of aesthetics at par with those of west. He has compared the theories of Aristotle, Pluto, Longinus etc. with those of Indian concepts and critically examines both. The author also cites his views on different aspects of poetics.

"Abhidhāvṛttimātṛkā",https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9788121802512, [] of Mukulabhatta with the first Sanskrit Commentary “Subodhinī” and a Hindi Commentary “Saṅgamanī” by Dr. Sugyan Kumar Mahanty, has been published by Chowkhamba Krishnadas Akademi, Varanasi, India in 2008. The book discusses the theory of Abhidhā, the power of word, its ten types, as proclaimed by Mukulabhatta, a follower of mīmāṃsā school of philosophy. The author Sugyan Kumar Mahanty discusses other issues on powers of word in the introduction of the book. The book presents a scholarly commentary in Sanskrit as well as in Hindi.

“kāvyaprakāśīyasudhāsāgaraṭīkāsamīkṣā” a book on Indian poetics is to his credit published by Lokabhasha Prachar Samitih, Puri, Orissa, India in 2001. The book kāvyaprakāśīyasudhāsāgaraṭīkāsamīkṣā, is a critical study on the commentary sudhāsāgara authored by Bhīmasena Dīkṣita, a authoritative and widely accepted commentator on kāvyaprakāś.

“kāvyaśāstra” a book in Hindi, that has been compiled by Dr. Sugyan Kumar Mahanty has been published by M.P. Bhoj Open University, Bhopal, M.P. India in 2005. The book is a collection and presentation of different theories on Indian rhetoric. “नाट्यालङ्कारतरङ्गिणी” a book of compiled research papers on Indian Poetics and dramaturgy, edited by Dr. Sugyan Kumar Mahanty has been published by Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthanam, presently known as Central Sanskrit University, Vedavyas Campus, Himachal Pradesh, India.

About 100 research papers and 30 short poems are also to his credit, published in renowned Journals of India. He is the Editor in Chief of प्राची प्रज्ञा / "Prachi Prajna" (ISSN 2348–8417) : The UGC listed Refereed peer reviewed E-Journal in Sanskrit https://sites.google.com/site/praachiprajnaa. “The Recensions of Natyashastra”, edited by him, is one of the series under Samikshika, published by NMM.