Jaggu Vakulabhushana was an eminent Sanskrit poet and writer. He was born Alwar Iyengar in 1902 at Chatraghosha near Melukote, India (Vakulabhushana was his pen name) and died in 1994. He was awarded the Sahitya Academy award for his seminal work "Jayantika".
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(1968), Karunarasatarangini- Khandakavya, Patikoktimala – poetry, Srngaralilamrtam – poetry Kalikautukam – an unpublished Khandakavya, Gitaraghavam – poetry Vasantavatamsavarnanam – Khandakavya Bharatasamgrahah – Campu Yatirajacampu – Campu Yatrodantacampu – Campu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poem, Hayavadanastotram – devotional poem, Amrtadhirohini – devotional poem, Aghavighatini – devotional poem, on Rama; (unpublished) Laksmidandakah – devotional poetry, Yadusailasatakam – Satakakavya, Gandhinutih – poem, unpublished; Kodandaramasuprabhatam – devotional poetry, Vasudevasuprabhatam – devotional poetry, (unpublished); Dasarathisuprabhatam – devotional poetry, (unpublished); Subrahmanyasuprabhatam – devotional poetry, (unpublished); Madhyaranganathastotram – devotional poetry, (unpublished) Madhyaranganathasuprabhatam – devotional poetry, (un-published); Madhyaranganathasatanamastotram – devotional poetry,(unpublished); Madhyaratiganayiksuprabhatam – devotional poetry, (unpublished); Mahalaksmisuprabhatam – devotional poetry, Sriyoganrsimhasuprabhatam – devotional poetry, Sriyoganrsimhamangalastotram – devotional poetry,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Mudrarakshasa of Vishakhadatta) Prasannakasyapam-play,(successor of Abhijnanasakuntala of Kalidasa) Karmahalam – play, unpublished, Maniharanam – play, (successor of Bhasa's Urubhanga) Maiijulamaiijiram – play Balivijayam –play, Amulyamalyam – play, Yauvarajyam – play, Pratijñåśāntanavam –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 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. President's certificate of honour.
References
Bibliography Encyclopedia of Indian Literature, Sahitya Academy, 1988 Adhunik Sanskrit Natak, Ramaji Upadhyaya, 1977 Who is who of Sanskrit Scholars in India, Sahitya Academy, 1993