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'''Prabhat Samgiita''' or '''Prabhát Saḿgiita''' (Bengali: প্রভাত সঙ্গীত ''Probhat Shongit'', pɾɔbhat̪ ʃɔŋɡit̪ - ''see spelling variations [[#Name and Variants|below]]'') is also known as '''Songs of Prabhat''', '''Songs of a New Dawn''', and '''Songs of Awakening'''. It is the collection of 5,018 songs given by [[Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar]] (1921–1990) during the last eight years of his life (September of 1982 until October of 1990).{{sfn|Subramanya, Mysore|2008}}<ref group=note>Between 1955 and 1990 the author wrote in English, Bengali and Hindi. He wrote in the name "Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar" when treating sociology, economics, philology]and various other subjects, and in the name ""Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrti"" when focusing on spiritual topics. Many of his books he gave as dictations; others were compiled from his discourses, some of them in small pocket-books.</ref> For each song, Sarkar himself composed both the lyrics and the melody.{{sfn|The Telegraph (Calcutta)|20/09/2004}}