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Gajendra Thakur (born 1971) is an Indian author. He writes in the
Maithili language Maithili ( , ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in parts of India and Nepal. It is native to the Mithila region, which encompasses parts of the eastern Indian states of Bihar and Jharkhand as well as Nepal's Koshi Province, Koshi and Madhesh P ...
, a language spoken in Northern Bihar (of India) and South-Eastern
Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...
. He is an author, lexicographer, historian (of
Mithila Mithila may refer to: Places * Mithilā, a synonym for the ancient Videha state ** Mithilā (ancient city), the ancient capital city of Videha * Mithila (region), a cultural region (historical and contemporary), now divided between India and Nepa ...
- ancient
Videha Videha ( Prākrit: ; Pāli: ; Sanskrit: ) was an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe of north-eastern Indian subcontinent whose existence is attested during the Iron Age. The population of Videha, the Vaidehas, were initially organised into a monarchy ...
and of ''Maithili''); and palaeographer, he has deciphered ancient and medieval palm leaf inscriptions in Tirhuta script of ''Maithili'' Language ( Mithilakshar script). These panjis are genealogical records of Maithil Brahmin community of
Mithila region Mithila (), also known as Tirhut, Tirabhukti and Mithilanchal, is a geographical and cultural region of the Indian subcontinent bounded by the Mahananda River in the east, the Ganges in the south, the Gandaki River in the west and by the foothil ...
and contain details of around 100 inter-caste marriages. Besides it provides written historical records of people and personalities, hitherto considered mythical ones. Besides he deciphered scripts inscribed on temples/ dilapidated buildings throughout the length and breadth of ''Mithila''. He has also compiled an English-Maithili Computer dictionary. He has helped in preparing Unicode application for Mithilakshar (Tirhuta) script. His ''English-Maithili'' Dictionary is only such dictionary. He has also contributed in social development work.


Literary activity

He wrote ''KuruKshetram Antarmanak'', a work in Maithili Language -in seven volumes (Vol.I-
Literary Criticism A genre of arts criticism, literary criticism or literary studies is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often influenced by literary theory, which is the philosophical analysis of literature's ...
, Vol. II- a Novel- ''Sahasrabadhani''- translated into English by the name ''The Comet'', Vol.III Poetry collection- ''Sahasrabdik Chaupar Par'', Vol.IV- Short Story Collection- ''Galp Guchh'', Vol.V- Play- ''Sankarshan'', Vol.VI- two long
epic Epic commonly refers to: * Epic poetry, a long narrative poem celebrating heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation * Epic film, a genre of film defined by the spectacular presentation of human drama on a grandiose scale Epic(s) ...
-verses ''(geet prabandh)'' ''Tvanchahanch'' and ''Asanjati Man'', Vol-VII- Children's literature- grown-ups literature- ''Balmandali-Kishor Jagat''). Thereafter his transcribed ''11000 palm-leaf inscriptions'' were published in a single volume with an explanatory introduction as “Genome Mapping −450 AD to 2009 AD- Mithilak Panji Prabandh”; later its sequel "Geneological Mapping-450 AD to 2009 AD- Mithilak Panji Prabandh vol.II" was released. He also compiled "Maithili-English Dictionary" and "English Maithili Dictionary". The English-Maithili Dictionary was particularly notable as it included computer terminology, so far unavailable in any other dictionary. He is editor of ''Videha'', a fortnightly Maithili e-journal. Traditional Mithilakshar, i.e., Tirhuta Script of
Maithili language Maithili ( , ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in parts of India and Nepal. It is native to the Mithila region, which encompasses parts of the eastern Indian states of Bihar and Jharkhand as well as Nepal's Koshi Province, Koshi and Madhesh P ...
: He was pioneer in standardisation of Mithilakshar script. The Unicode encoding applicant (now the ISO has approved encoding of Tirhuta as Unicode) has acknowledged his contribution. and has included in the references as well.Pandey, Anshuman, (2009
an Encoding for the Maithili Script in ISO/IEC 10646; Anshuman Pandey''
. University of Michigan; Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.;30 September 2009;ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 N3765; L2/09-329; 30 September 2009 "7.references/ acknowledgement; Thakur, Gajendra. 2009. "Videha", a fortnightly Maithili e-journal. http://www.videha.co.in/"
He has also translated from Maithili into English. He has translated poems and stories into Maithili from Kannada (Of Ashok Hegde), Telugu (of N. Aruna, Sheikh Muhammad Sharif, Annavaran Devender), Oriya (of Basudev Sunani, Bharat Majhi) and Gujarati (of Babu Suthar, Ajay Sarvaiyya, Rajendra Patel, Hemang Ashwin Kumar Desai) through English. He is a member of Maithili Lekhak Sangh, the organisation of authors of Maithili.


Major works

; Edited Works English-Maithili
Dictionary A dictionary is a listing of lexemes from the lexicon of one or more specific languages, often arranged Alphabetical order, alphabetically (or by Semitic root, consonantal root for Semitic languages or radical-and-stroke sorting, radical an ...
Maithili-English Dictionary Genome Mapping- 450 AD to 2009 AD- Mithilak Panjis Prabandh: (11000 palm leaf manuscripts containing genealogical records) Videha:sadeha:1 Devanagari Videha:Sadeha:1: Tirhuta Videha:Sadeha:2: Videha Prabandh-Nibandh-Samalochna Videha:Sadeha:3: Videha Katha Videha:Sadeha:4: Videha Padya Videha:Sadeha:5: Videha Maithili Vihani katha (Videha Maithili Seed Stories) Videha:Sadeha:6: Videha Maithili Laghu katha (Videha Maithili Short Stories) Videha:Sadeha:7: Videha Maithili Padya (Videha Maithili Verse) Videha:Sadeha:8: Videha Maithili Natya Utsav (Videha Maithili Stage and Drama) Videha:Sadeha:9: Videha Maithili Shishu Utsav (Videha Maithili Children Literature) Videha:Sadeha:10: Videha Maithili Prabandha-Nibandha-Samalochna (Videha Maithili Research Papers/Essays/Criticism) Braille Maithili: (his novel Sahasrabadhani- Ist Maithili book in
Braille Braille ( , ) is a Tactile alphabet, tactile writing system used by blindness, blind or visually impaired people. It can be read either on embossed paper or by using refreshable braille displays that connect to computers and smartphone device ...
). 222 issues of Videha Ist Maithili Fortnightly e Magazine- ; Authored KurukShetram Antarmanak- a seven volume work in Maithili Language:- ; Work in Translation His works are available in translation. His works have been translated into English ( 1.Maithili Novel ''Sahasrabadhani'' as "The comet" and 2.Maithili collection of poems ''Sahasrabdik Chaupar Par'' as "On the Dice-board of the Millennium". The readers of English translations of Maithili Novel "sahasrabadhani" and verse collection "sahasrabdik chaupar par" has intimated that the English translation has not been able to grasp the nuances of original Maithili. Therefore, the Author has started translating his Maithili works in English himself. After these translations are complete these would be the official translations authorised by the Author of original work) and others (Some Maithili short-stories as "The Science of Words" by the author himself). His novel ''Sahasrabadhani'' has been translated into
Konkani Language Konkani, (Devanagari: , Konkani in the Roman script, Romi: , Kannada script, Kannada: , Koleluttu: , Nastaliq: ; IAST: , ) formerly Concani or Concanese, is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Konkani people, primarily i ...
(by Seby Fernandes),
Tulu language The Tulu language (, Tigalari script: , Kannada script: , Malayalam script: ; ) is a Dravidian language whose speakers are concentrated in Dakshina Kannada and in the southern part of Udupi of Karnataka in south-western India and al ...
,
Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...
(Pramila B.J. Alva),
Sanskrit Sanskrit (; stem form ; nominal singular , ,) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in northwest South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural ...
and
Marathi Language Marathi (; , 𑘦𑘨𑘰𑘙𑘲, , ) is a Classical languages of India, classical Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by Marathi people in the Indian state of Maharashtra and is also spoken in Goa, and parts of Guj ...
. His short-story collection "Galp Guchchh" has been translated into Sanskrit. Some of his stories have been translated into
Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...
by Subhash Chandra Yadav and Vinit Utpal. ; Some of his recent works: ''Ulkamukh'', play about the caste system ''Prabandh-Nibandh-Samalochna'' vol.II, (a collection of research papers/ essays/ criticism ); ''Dhangi Baat Banebaak Daam Agoobaar Pene Chan'', (a collection of Maithili Ghazal/ Rubai/ Kata ); Shabdshastram: (a collection of Maithili short-stories ); Jalodip: (three Maithili Children Plays ); Naarashanshi: (thought in verse ); Sahasrajit: (anthology of poems ); Aksharmushtika: (Children short stories ); Bangak Bangaura: (Children songs ); Genealogical Mapping:vol.II (transliteration/ decipherment of ancient age-old manuscripts ); Jagdish Prasad Mandal: Ekta Biography (Biography of Sh. Jagdish Prasad Mandal ).


See also

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List of Indian writers This is a list of notable writers who come from India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Thakur, Gajendra Writers in Maithili 20th-century Indian translators Indian male poets 20th-century Indian historians Writers of Mithila Maithili poets Indian editors Poets from Bihar People from Madhubani, India 1971 births Historians of India Living people People from Bhagalpur