Prabhat Samgiita Songs 1-5018
Prabhat Samgiita - Songs 1-5018 | |
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Author | Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar |
Translator | Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta |
Language | Mostly Bengali and English |
Series | Volumes 1–50 |
Subject | Prabhat Samgiita |
Genre | Samgiita (song, dance, and instrumental music) |
Published | 2016 – 2031 |
Media type | Ebook |
Pages | ~210 per volume |
Location in Sarkarverse |
Prabhat Samgiita Songs 1-5018 is a 50-volume series of books, expected to contain all 5,018 songs of 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 Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta, and the extensive research done to elucidate the songs with footnotes when necessary.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32]
History
Not long after the creation of Sarkarverse, Abhidevananda began posting articles on Prabhat Samgiita. According to Abhidevananda, not long after that, he realized that the existing translations of Prabhat Samgiita required more work than a mere brushing up of the English. Thus, in 2014, Abhidevananda took up a 17-year project to retranslate all of the 5,018 songs. The projected completion of this literary work, at a rate of roughly one song per day, is for sometime in 2031.
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 any time saved in translation from Bengali to English was absorbed in the effort to find more appealing English expression as well as other modes of distribution.
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 Facebook pages (and, later still, on Twitter pages). In 2016, Abhidevananda began publishing his 50-volume series of books on Prabhat Samgiita, appearing on both Amazon.com and AmRevolution.org. In 2018, the number of distributors for Abhidevananda's Prabhat Samgiita books expanded greatly to include virtually all major digital services, courtesy of Draft2Digital. In 2019, Abhidevananda stopped distributing his books on Amazon when Amazon rejected the second edition of Volume 13 due to Amazon's current lack of support for the Bengali language. Most recently, the translations by Abhidevananda are bundled in the free app, Prabhat Samgiita Player, produced by AmRevolution, Inc.
Publication
The First Fifty
As an inexpensive introduction to the world of Prabhat Samgiita, Abhidevananda has published The First Fifty.[33] This book, containing the first 50 songs, is available absolutely free of charge on various sites, including OnlyHis.Name and Smashwords. It is also available on Amazon.com at Amazon's minimum price (currently $0.99). Amazon was requested at least five times to match the $0.00 price but has refused each time. Eventually, Amazon did set the price at $0.00 after pressure of price-matching; but sometime later the price of $0.99 was surreptitiously, possibly automatically, restored.
Fifty 100-Song Volumes
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. A second and complementary series of books is also being published that contains only Abhidevananda's translations (without the original lyrics) but accompanied by a very short reflection on each song.
Timeline
The first Prabhat Samgiita book resulting from this translation work was published on 2016 May 21. It was a compilation of the first 500 songs. That book was available for a few months. Now it is no longer available. Instead, that book was replaced with Volumes 1-5 in the current series. The 50th and final volume of the series, Songs 4901-5018, is expected to be published sometime in 2031.
See also
External links
- Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar blog
- Sarkarverse on Facebook
- Prabhat Samgiita Translations on AmRevolution.org
References
- ^ Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (2019) Prabhat Samgiita Songs 1-100 Translated by Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta (3rd ed.) Tel Aviv: AmRevolution, Inc. ASIN B082RDDH81 ISBN 9781386726890
- ^ Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (2019) Prabhat Samgiita Songs 101-200 Translated by Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta (3rd ed.) Tel Aviv: AmRevolution, Inc. ASIN B082SCW552 ISBN 9781386077879
- ^ Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (2019) Prabhat Samgiita Songs 201-300 Translated by Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta (2nd ed.) Tel Aviv: AmRevolution, Inc. ASIN B082TWBFZX ISBN 9781386899754
- ^ Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (2019) Prabhat Samgiita Songs 301-400 Translated by Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta (2nd ed.) Tel Aviv: AmRevolution, Inc. ASIN B082VHJBK1 ISBN 9781386489122
- ^ Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (2019) Prabhat Samgiita Songs 401-500 Translated by Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta (2nd ed.) Tel Aviv: AmRevolution, Inc. ASIN B082WFJPSJ ISBN 9781386431787
- ^ Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (2019) Prabhat Samgiita Songs 501-600 Translated by Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta (3rd ed.) Tel Aviv: AmRevolution, Inc. ASIN B082X65YMB ISBN 9781386728276
- ^ Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (2019) Prabhat Samgiita Songs 601-700 Translated by Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta Tel Aviv: AmRevolution, Inc. ASIN B082XJY826 ISBN 9781386095170
- ^ Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (2019) Prabhat Samgiita Songs 701-800 Translated by Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta Tel Aviv: AmRevolution, Inc. ASIN B082YJ8MYB ISBN 9781386967255
- ^ Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (2019) Prabhat Samgiita Songs 801-900 Translated by Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta Tel Aviv: AmRevolution, Inc. ASIN B082Z7FRXH ISBN 9781386976707
- ^ Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (2019) Prabhat Samgiita Songs 901-1000 Translated by Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta (2nd ed.) Tel Aviv: AmRevolution, Inc. ASIN B082ZS2RGC ISBN 9781386144267
- ^ Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (2019) Prabhat Samgiita Songs 1001-1100 Translated by Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta (2nd ed.) Tel Aviv: AmRevolution, Inc. ASIN B0831P7HQD ISBN 9781386532316
- ^ Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (2019) Prabhat Samgiita Songs 1101-1200 Translated by Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta (2nd ed.) Tel Aviv: AmRevolution, Inc. ASIN B0833C8TWR ISBN 9781386538998
- ^ Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (2019) Prabhat Samgiita Songs 1201-1300 Translated by Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta (2nd ed.) Tel Aviv: AmRevolution, Inc. ASIN B0833GD8XR ISBN 9781386807537
- ^ Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (2019) Prabhat Samgiita Songs 1301-1400 Translated by Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta (2nd ed.) Tel Aviv: AmRevolution, Inc. ASIN B0833XCRJK ISBN 9781386629412
- ^ Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (2020) Prabhat Samgiita Songs 1401-1500 Translated by Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta (2nd ed.) Tel Aviv: AmRevolution, Inc. ASIN B084LPYLHV ISBN 9781393988007
- ^ Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (2020) Prabhat Samgiita Songs 1501-1600 Translated by Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta (2nd ed.) Tel Aviv: AmRevolution, Inc. ASIN B089S33T8D ISBN 9781393400363
- ^ Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (2020) Prabhat Samgiita Songs 1601-1700 Translated by Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta (2nd ed.) Tel Aviv: AmRevolution, Inc. ASIN B08HY4FFZ2 ISBN 9781393645771
- ^ Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (2020) Prabhat Samgiita Songs 1701-1800 Translated by Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta (2nd ed.) Tel Aviv: AmRevolution, Inc. ASIN B08RC8XSQ2 ISBN 9781393154877
- ^ Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (2021) Prabhat Samgiita Songs 1801-1900 Translated by Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta (2nd ed.) Tel Aviv: AmRevolution, Inc. ASIN B094GQMCJF ISBN 9781393595281
- ^ Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (2021) Prabhat Samgiita Songs 1901-2000 Translated by Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta (2nd ed.) Tel Aviv: AmRevolution, Inc. ASIN B09DBB4HNV ISBN 9798201598891
- ^ Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (2021) Prabhat Samgiita Songs 2001-2100 Translated by Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta (2nd ed.) Tel Aviv: AmRevolution, Inc. ASIN B09MKNJYFY ISBN 9798201399177
- ^ Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (2021) Prabhat Samgiita Songs 2101-2200 Translated by Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta (2nd ed.) Tel Aviv: AmRevolution, Inc. ASIN B09TZSBWHY ISBN 9798201016975
- ^ Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (2022) Prabhat Samgiita Songs 2201-2300 Translated by Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta (2nd ed.) Tel Aviv: AmRevolution, Inc. ASIN B0B3VK2VV8 ISBN 9798201819286
- ^ Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (2022) Prabhat Samgiita Songs 2301-2400 Translated by Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta (2nd ed.) Tel Aviv: AmRevolution, Inc. ASIN B0BFR8TKB2 ISBN 9798201896676
- ^ Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (2022) Prabhat Samgiita Songs 2401-2500 Translated by Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta (2nd ed.) Tel Aviv: AmRevolution, Inc. ASIN B0BRJS1W7C ISBN 9798215576731
- ^ Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (2023) Prabhat Samgiita Songs 2501-2600 Translated by Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta (2nd ed.) Tel Aviv: AmRevolution, Inc. ASIN B0C1XC5362 ISBN 9798215502570
- ^ Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (2023) Prabhat Samgiita Songs 2601-2700 Translated by Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta (2nd ed.) Tel Aviv: AmRevolution, Inc. ASIN B0CBN6WX8T ISBN 9798223353959
- ^ Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (2023) Prabhat Samgiita Songs 2701-2800 Translated by Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta (2nd ed.) Tel Aviv: AmRevolution, Inc. ASIN B0CLJWZHXM ISBN 9798223315087
- ^ Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (2023) Prabhat Samgiita Songs 2801-2900 Translated by Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta (2nd ed.) Tel Aviv: AmRevolution, Inc. ASIN B0CTFLM81L ISBN 9798223249382
- ^ Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (2024) Prabhat Samgiita Songs 2901-3000 Translated by Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta (1st ed.) Tel Aviv: AmRevolution, Inc. ASIN B0D3BTFN3G ISBN 9798224417551
- ^ Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (2024) Prabhat Samgiita Songs 3001-3100 Translated by Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta (1st ed.) Tel Aviv: AmRevolution, Inc. ASIN B0DCV7BN7L ISBN 9798224917662
- ^ Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (2024) Prabhat Samgiita Songs 3101-3200 Translated by Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta (1st ed.) Tel Aviv: AmRevolution, Inc. ISBN 9798227012050
- ^ Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (2018) Prabhat Samgiita – The First Fifty Translated by Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta Tel Aviv: AmRevolution, Inc. ASIN B078PQ3DQ5 ISBN 9781370555864
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