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|description=An introduction to Prabhat Samgiita, the 5018 songs of Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar. Also known as "Songs of the New Dawn". Spelling variant is Prabhata Samgiita.

'''Prabhat Samgiita''' is the collection of songs given by [[Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar]] from September of 1982 until October of 1990 (the last eight years of his life).{{sfn|Subramanya, Mysore|2008}} For each of the 5,018 songs, Sarkar himself composed the lyrics and put them to melody (sometimes classic, sometimes blended, often original).{{sfn|The Telegraph (Calcutta)|20/09/2004}} With such a large and distinctive body of work, it may be argued that Sarkar did not just give a collection of songs but indeed a new [[:wikipedia:Genre|genre]] of music.

The first song of Prabhat Samgiita was given on 1982 September 14. The last song was given on 1990 October 20 (less than 24 hours before Sarkar's decease).<ref name="(Acharya.)1990">{{cite book|author=Sugatananda Avt (Acharya.)|title=Sambhavami, a Short Biography of Shrii Shrii Anandamurtijii|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=dD3kAAAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Ācārya Sugatānanda Avadhūta|isbn=978-3-921769-28-7|page=33}}</ref>

In Bengali, the word ''Prabhát(a)'' (প্রভাত - pɾɔbhat̪) means ''dawn'', ''morning'' or ''daybreak''.{{sfn|Biswas, Sailendra}} The word ''Saḿgiit(a)'' (সংগীত -  ʃɔŋɡgit̪), also spelled as ''Sauṋgiit(a)'' (সঙ্গীত -  ʃɔŋɡit̪){{sfn|Sarkár, Prabhát Raiṋjan|21/10/2007}} means ''song'' and ''music''.{{sfn|Biswas, Sailendra}} Thus, ''prabhát(a) saḿgiit(a)'' or ''prabhát(a) sauṋgiit(a)'' etymologically means "morning song"{{sfn|Biswas, Sailendra}} or "songs of dawn".{{sfn|Avadhuta, Divyachetananda Acharya|19/06/2009}} This is borne out by the [http://dsalsrv02.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/biswas-bengali_query.py?qs=%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A4&searchhws=yes Samsad Bengali-English Dictionary], which defines the conjoint word (প্রভাতসংগীত) as "a morning song, a matin". A less literal and somewhat fanciful interpretation "Prabhat Samgiita" is "songs of a new dawn".{{sfn|Subramanya, Mysore|2008}}{{sfn|Sarkar, Subhas|12/09/2011}} However, if ''Prabhat'' is recognized as the name of the composer, then the etymology of the two words is largely irrelevant. In that case, consistent with other similar collections of music like the songs of [[:wikipedia:Rabindra Sangeet|Rabindranath Tagore]], [http://dsalsrv02.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/biswas-bengali_query.py?qs=%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0&searchhws=yes Rabindra Samgiita] (রবীন্দ্রসংগীত), ''Prabhat Samgiita'' would simply mean "Songs of Prabhat". As nothing like all or even the majority of these songs would rightly be classified as morning music, it is the latter interpretation that makes most sense.

Prabhat Samgiita is commonly translated as either "Songs of [[Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar|Prabhat]]" or "Songs of a New Dawn"{{sfn|Sarkar, Subhas|12/09/2011}}{{sfn|Sarkár, Subhas|31/12/2010}}{{sfn|The Hindu|21/03/2008}} However, while ''prabhát'' does mean "daybreak" or "dawn", it does not mean "new dawn". And, in light of other similar collections (for example, [[wikipedia:Meera|Meera Bhajans]], [[wikipedia:Rabindra Sangeet|Rabindra Sangeet]], and [[wikipedia:Nazrul Geeti|Nazrul Geeti]]), the former definition (Songs of Prabhat) seems the most appropriate.

 

Thus we have the word ''prabhát'' that can be spelled as:

And we have the word ''saḿgiita'' that can be spelled as:

*''Sangit'', ''Sangeet'', ''Sangiit'', ''Samgiit'', ''Saḿgiit'', ''Saṃgīt'', ''Sauṋgiit'', ''Saŋgīt'' and all of these with an "a" at the end:

* {{cite book|last=Sarkár|first=Subhas|title=Prabháta Samgiita: A Literary and Philosophical Appreciation|publisher=Ananda Marga Publications|date=31/12/2010|edition=1st|isbn=978-81-7252-260-5|oclc=704229361|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/prabhata-samgiita-a-literary-and-philosophical-appreciation/oclc/704229361}}

* [http://www.prabhatasamgiita.net/ prabháta-saḿgiita.net]

* [http://songsofprsarkar.net/ Prabhat Samgiita]