{{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = Bidagdha Kabi | name = Abhimanyu Samanta Singhara | image = Abhimanyu Samantasinghara.png | imagesize = | caption = Drawing of Samanta Singhara | birth_date = {{birth date |df=y|1760|02|23}} (7th day of Magha) | birth_place = Balia, [[Jajpur district]] | death_date = {{death date and age |df=y|1806|6|15|1760|02|23}} (Raja Sankranti) | occupation = Poet | notable_works = Bidagdha Chintamani (kābya) | style = [[Odissi music]] | parents = Indrajita Samanta Singhara | spouse = }}
'''Abhimanyu Samanta Singhara''' ({{IPA|or|ɔbʱimɔnju saːmɔnt̪ɔsiŋhaːɾɔ|lang|LL-Q33810 (ori)-Sangram Keshari Senapati (Ssgapu22)-ଅଭିମନ୍ୟୁ ସାମନ୍ତସିଂହାର.wav}}; 23 February 1760<ref>{{cite web|title=ABHIMNYU SAMANTA SINGHARA|url=http://orissadiary.com/personality/poet/ABHIMNYU_SAMANTA_SINGHARA%20.asp|publisher=orissadiary|accessdate=23 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161004084709/http://orissadiary.com/personality/poet/ABHIMNYU_SAMANTA_SINGHARA%20.asp|archive-date=4 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> – 15 June 1806)<ref>{{cite web|title=ଯାଜପୁର ସଂସ୍କୃତି ବିକାଶ ପରିଷଦ|url=http://www.jajpursanskrutibikashparishad.org/jajur_glance.php|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140503143029/http://www.jajpursanskrutibikashparishad.org/jajur_glance.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 May 2014|accessdate=3 May 2014}}</ref> was an 18th-century [[Odia language|Odia]] poet born in Balia, [[Jajpur]] best known as the writer of the kabya '''Bidagdha Chintamani'''. Abhimanyu was one of the important musician-poets in the tradition of [[Odissi music]] in the 18th century, composing mainly in the ''Chhānda'' style. He has also written many Odia folk songs like Bagha Gita ([[tiger]] song), Chadhei Gita ([[bird]] song). He has written many poems about the love between [[Radha]] and [[Krishna]].
==Life== He was born in Balia village, Jajpur on 23 February 1760.<ref>{{cite journal|title=EMINENT LITERARY LUMINARIES OF ORISSA |journal=Orissa Reference Annual - 2004 |year=2004 |pages=୨୯୧ |url=http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2004/pdf/eminent_literacy_luminaries_of_orissa.pdf |accessdate=6 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019045142/http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2004/pdf/eminent_literacy_luminaries_of_orissa.pdf |archivedate=19 October 2013 }}</ref> Balia village is situated near famous Buddhist place Ratnagiri Mahavihara of Jajpur. His father Indrajita Samanta Singhara had no child. But it is said that Abhimanyu was born due to the worship of a saint, Sadananda Kabisujrya Brahma.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&lpg=PA572&ots=mVz-0zyXt8&dq=abhimanyu%20samanta%20sinhara&pg=PA572#v=onepage&q=abhimanyu%20samanta%20sinhara&f=false|The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume One (A To Devo), Volume 1]</ref> He was the teacher of Abhimanyu. He had written his first poem at the age of 9.
{{Rquote|center|କରମଙ୍ଗା ଗଛ ଛାଇ ଗୋ,<br> ମୋର ହୁଁ ଗୋ ।<br> କରମ ଯାହାର ସଫଳ ହୋଇବ,<br> କୃଷ୍ଣଙ୍କୁ ଲଭିବ ସେହି ଗୋ,<br> ମୋର ହୁଁ ଗୋ ।| '''ଅଭିମନ୍ୟୁ ସାମନ୍ତସିଂହାର'''}}
{{Rquote|center|Shadow of Starfruit tree,<br> You are mine ।<br> Whose work will be successful,<br> He will get Krishna,<br> You are mine ।| '''Abhimanyu Samantasinghara'''}} Abhimanyu employs several dozen ragas in his range of works, employing both well-known and rarer ancient ''ragas'' of the Odissi music tradition. In his magnum opus ''Bidagdha Chintamani'', he uses several ragas for the 98 ''chhānda'' songs, such as ''Chakrakeli, Chokhi, Chinta Kamodi, Bangalasri, Dhanasri, Rasakulya, Sankarabharana, Kalyana Ahari, Kumbha Kamodi, Bibhasa, Kedara Kamodi, Ahari, Bhairaba, Gouri, Ramakeri, Kali, Ghantaraba, Kalyana, Kanada, Kamodi, Baradi, Malaba, Sindhuda, Kedara Gouda, Saranga, Purbi, Ranabije, Lalita Kamodi, Chalaghanta, Kedara, Rasa Kedara, Soka Kamodi, Jayanta Kala, Bichitra Desakhya, Pahadia Kedara, Patamanjari, Malasri, Dhipa, Bhupala, Asabari, Lalita Kedara, Gujjari, Mukhari, Panchama Baradi, Nalinigouda, Kalahansa Kamodi, Mangala, etc.'' Following the ancient music of Odisha, Abhimanyu particularly excels in the usage of ''jugma-ragas'', complex ragas formed by the union of two or more ragas, such as ''Pahadia Kedara, Kalyana Ahari, Bibhasa Kedara,'' etc.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mishra K.C. |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.231008 |title=Makers of Indian literature : Abhimanyu Samanta Simhara |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |year=1990 |language=en}}</ref>
== Literary works == {{Odissi Classical Music sidebar}} * Bidagdha Chintamani * Prema (Preeti) Chintamani * Prema Kala * Rasabati * Sulakhyana * Prema Tarangini * Bagha Gita * Chadhei Gita * Bole Hun
==See also== * [[List of Indian poets]] * [[Odissi music]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External references== * History of Odia literature, Mayadhar Manasingh, Publisher: Grantha Mandira * Prachina Odia Kabita Sambhara, Editor: Jatindra Mohan Mohanty, Publisher: Subarnarekha, Bhubaneswar * Utkala Lakshmi, Gangadhar Granthabali(Odia), Das Brothers, Cuttack-Berhampur- Sambalpur, 3rd reprint, 1961 * Fakirmohan Senapatinka Atmacharita (Odia), Edited by Debendra Kumar Dash, National Book Trust, New Delhi, Reprint, 2015, pp-58 {{Odissi music}}{{Odia literature}} {{Authority control}}
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