Prabhat Samgiita Songs 1-5018: Difference between revisions

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'''''Prabhat Samgiita – Songs 1-5018''''' is a 50-volume series of books, expected to contain all 5,018 songs of [[Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar|Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar's]] [[Prabhat Samgiita]]. The specialities of this series are the painstaking care taken to present accurate Roman Bengali and Bengali scripts for the songs, the new and poetic translations of these songs by [[Abhidevananda|Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta]], and the extensive research done to elucidate the songs with footnotes when necessary.<ref name="PSV1">{{cite book|last=Sarkar|first=Prabhat Ranjan|title=Prabhat Samgiita – Songs 1-100|publisher=[[AmRevolution, Inc.]]|others=Translated by [[Abhidevananda|Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta]]|location=Tel Aviv|year=2016|ASIN=B01I58LZWK|ISBN=9781386726890}}</ref><ref name="PSV2">{{cite book|last=Sarkar|first=Prabhat Ranjan|title=Prabhat Samgiita – Songs 101-200|publisher=[[AmRevolution, Inc.]]|others=Translated by [[Abhidevananda|Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta]]|location=Tel Aviv|year=2016|ASIN=B01I8E8A0G|ISBN=9781386077879}}</ref><ref name="PSV3">{{cite book|last=Sarkar|first=Prabhat Ranjan|title=Prabhat Samgiita – Songs 201-300|publisher=[[AmRevolution, Inc.]]|others=Translated by [[Abhidevananda|Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta]]|location=Tel Aviv|year=2016|ASIN=B01IGQOJZ6|ISBN=9781386899754}}</ref><ref name="PSV4">{{cite book|last=Sarkar|first=Prabhat Ranjan|title=Prabhat Samgiita – Songs 301-400|publisher=[[AmRevolution, Inc.]]|others=Translated by [[Abhidevananda|Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta]]|location=Tel Aviv|year=2016|ASIN=B01IQNSMCA|ISBN=9781386489122}}</ref><ref name="PSV5">{{cite book|last=Sarkar|first=Prabhat Ranjan|title=Prabhat Samgiita – Songs 401-500|publisher=[[AmRevolution, Inc.]]|others=Translated by [[Abhidevananda|Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta]]|location=Tel Aviv|year=2016|ASIN=B01J19F0P0|ISBN=9781386431787}}</ref><ref name="PSV6">{{cite book|last=Sarkar|first=Prabhat Ranjan|title=Prabhat Samgiita – Songs 501-600|publisher=[[AmRevolution, Inc.]]|others=Translated by [[Abhidevananda|Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta]]|location=Tel Aviv|year=2016|ASIN=B01L8LXVLY|ISBN=9781386728276}}</ref><ref name="PSV7">{{cite book|last=Sarkar|first=Prabhat Ranjan|title=Prabhat Samgiita – Songs 601-700|publisher=[[AmRevolution, Inc.]]|others=Translated by [[Abhidevananda|Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta]]|location=Tel Aviv|year=2016|ASIN=B01N1T7ZF0|ISBN=9781386095170}}</ref><ref name="PSV8">{{cite book|last=Sarkar|first=Prabhat Ranjan|title=Prabhat Samgiita – Songs 701-800|publisher=[[AmRevolution, Inc.]]|others=Translated by [[Abhidevananda|Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta]]|location=Tel Aviv|year=2017|ASIN=B06Y1R8PL1|ISBN=9781386967255}}</ref><ref name="PSV9">{{cite book|last=Sarkar|first=Prabhat Ranjan|title=Prabhat Samgiita – Songs 801-900|publisher=[[AmRevolution, Inc.]]|others=Translated by [[Abhidevananda|Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta]]|location=Tel Aviv|year=2017|ASIN=B073SQ927D|ISBN=9781386976707}}</ref><ref name="PSV10">{{cite book|last=Sarkar|first=Prabhat Ranjan|title=Prabhat Samgiita – Songs 901-1000|publisher=[[AmRevolution, Inc.]]|others=Translated by [[Abhidevananda|Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta]]|location=Tel Aviv|year=2017|ASIN=B077TQW437|ISBN=9781386144267}}</ref>

According to Abhidevananda, as his proficiency in Bengali improved, the translation work became more and more intense. The focus gradually shifted from an accurate line-by-line prosaic translation to an accurate and poetic, line-by-line translation. So it seems that any time saved in translation from Bengali to English was absorbed into the effort to find more appealing English expression.

At first, all of the translation work was published only on Sarkarverse. After some time, that translation work was reflected on Abhidevananda's [[Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (contemplating the works of)]] blog. Later, the translations were also linked on various [[:wikipedia:Facebook|Facebook]] pages. Finally, in 2016, Abhidevananda began publishing his 50-volume series of books on Prabhat Samgiita, appearing on both [https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2/159-0345913-6065512?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Prabhat+Samgiita Amazon.com] and [https://amrevolution.org/ps/ AmRevolution.org].

Abhidevananda's translations of Prabhat Samgiita are currently being published in a series of 100-song volumes at a rate of roughly 3 volumes per year.