Mukund Lath
Mukund Lath | |
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![]() Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship to Shri Mukund Lath, at the investiture ceremony of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships and Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards-2011, at Rashtrapati Bhavan | |
Born | Kolkata,West Bengal,India | 9 October 1937
Died | 6 August 2020[1] | (aged 82)
Resting place | Bombay |
Occupation(s) | Cultural historian,scholar |
Years active | 1966–2020 |
Awards | Padma Shri Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Shankar Puraskar Naresh Mehta Vangmaya Puraskar |
Website | Official web site |
Mukund Lath(9 October 1937 – 6 August 2020) was an Indian scholar andcultural historian,known for his writings onmusic,dance,aestheticsandcultureof India.[2][3]He was honored by theGovernment of India,in 2010, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award ofPadma Shri.[4]
Biography
[edit]Mukund Lath was born on 9 October 1937[5]in Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal.[2]After completing his senior cambridge, Lath graduated (BA Hons) in English literature from theUniversity of Delhi.His master's degree (MA) was inSanskritliterature fromJadavpur Universityin 1965.[3]Later he enrolled at Institute for Comparative Music Studies and Documentation, West Berlin for research onDattilam,an ancient treatise on the music of India. Subsequently, he returned to India and secured a doctoral degree (PhD) on Dattilam from Delhi University in 1976.[2][3]He also had training in classical music, during a period from 1966 to 1968, under Pandit Maniram and Ramesh Chakravarti and later, had training in the genre ofKhayal Mewat Gharanaunder the guidance ofPandit Jasraj,[6]whom he has accompanied on many concert tours.[3][5]Lath started his career at theUniversity of Rajasthanby joining their Department of History and Indian Culture in 1973 where he worked till his retirement in 1997.[2][3][5][6]
Mukund Lath has authored several books and articles.[7][8][9][10]Some of his notable works are:
- A Study of Dattilam - Research work onDattilam[11]
- Transformation as Creation - A study on Indian culture[12]
- Hindi Padavali of Namdev - A critical study of the texts ofNamdev,Indian poet-saint[13]
- The Ardhakathanaka - Half A Tale - A study of the autobiography of a Jain merchant of the 17th century[14]
- Bhakthi, A Contemporary Discussion - A philosophical interpretation of Indian Bhakti tradition[15]
Lath's works have been subjected to critical studies[16]and many articles have been published in his honour.[17][18]He has also published two translations of ancient Sanskrit andPrakritpoems into Hindi.[2]
Lath has taught as a visiting faculty at many universities around the world such asOxford University,Katholieke Universiteit Leuven,Belgium,University of Bamberg,Germany andHebrew University of Jerusalem.[3]He has also delivered keynote addresses and lectures at many conferences and seminars and was a member of theProject of History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture,aGovernment of Indiainitiative.[3]Mukund Lath is credited with evolving a new approach to cultural history and is known to have written on the history behind the musical instrumentTanpuraand the relevance ofSarangiin Indian concerts.[6]
Awards and recognitions
[edit]Mukund Lath received Shankar Puraskar fromK. K. Birla Foundationin 2000, for his work,Sangeet evam Chintan(Music and Thoughts).[2]He received another award, Naresh Mehta Vangmaya Puraskar, for the same work, from Madhya Pradesh Rashtrabhasha Prachar Samiti in 2003.[2]In 2008, he received theSangeet Natak Akademi Award.[2][19]Two years later, in 2010, theGovernment of Indiaawarded him the civilian honour ofPadma Shri.[2][6]The Sangeet Natak Akademi honoured him again, in 2012, with theirFellowshipofSangeet Natak Akademi Ratna.[2][3][6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Mukund Lath, prominent cultural historian and exponent of Mewati gharana, passes away at 82".Firstpost.6 August 2020.Retrieved6 August2020.
- ^abcdefghij"Swar Ganga".Swar Ganga. 2014.Retrieved19 December2014.
- ^abcdefgh"Sangeet Natak Akademi".Sangeet Natak Akademi. 2014. Archived fromthe originalon 20 December 2014.Retrieved19 December2014.
- ^"Padma Shri"(PDF).Padma Shri. 2014.Retrieved11 November2014.
- ^abc"Vedic Bio".Vedic Books. 2014.Retrieved19 December2014.
- ^abcdeKumar, Kuldeep (3 October 2014)."The Hindu".The Hindu.Retrieved19 December2014.
- ^"Listing on Amazon".Amazon. 2014.Retrieved19 December2014.
- ^"Listing on MLDB".MLDB. 2014.Retrieved19 December2014.
- ^"Listing on Good Reads".Good Reads. 2014.Retrieved19 December2014.
- ^"Listing on Vedic Books".Vedic Books. 2014.Retrieved19 December2014.
- ^Mukund Lath (Author), Kapila Vatsyayan (Editor) (1988).Dattilam.Motilal Banarsidass. p. 256.ISBN978-8120805866.
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has generic name (help) - ^Mukund Lath (1998).Transformation as Creation.Aditya Prakashan. p. 359.ISBN978-8186471166.
- ^Winand M. Callewaert (Author), Mukund Lath (Author) (1989).Hindi Padavali of Namdev.Motilal Banarsidass. p. 438.ISBN978-8120806078.
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has generic name (help) - ^Mukund Lath (Author), Ganesh Pyne (Illustration) (2005).The Ardhakathanaka - Half A Tale.Rupa and Co. p. 294.ISBN978-8129105660.
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has generic name (help) - ^Daya Krishna; Mukund Lath; Francine E. Krishna (2000).Bhakthi - A Contemporary Discussion, Philosophical Explorations in the Indian Bhakti Tradition.Indian Council of Philosophical Research. pp.257.ISBN978-8185636443.
- ^Anandprakash Dikshit (1990). "THE HINDI PADĀVALĪ OF NĀMDEV".Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute.71(1/4): 333–335.JSTOR41693536.
- ^Cort, John E. (2014). "Cultural Essays in honour of Mukund Lath".Religious Studies Review.40:56–57.doi:10.1111/rsr.12115_5.
- ^Monika Horstmann,ed. (2013)."Transforming Tradition: Cultural Essays in Honour of Mukund Lath".Religious Studies Review.VIII:56–57.doi:10.1111/rsr.12115_5.
- ^"SNA".SNA. 2014. Archived fromthe originalon 30 May 2015.Retrieved20 December2014.
Further reading
[edit]- Mukund Lath (Author), Kapila Vatsyayan (Editor) (1988).Dattilam.Motilal Banarsidass. p. 256.ISBN978-8120805866.
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:|author=
has generic name (help) - Mukund Lath (1998).Transformation as Creation.Aditya Prakashan. p. 359.ISBN978-8186471166.
- Winand M. Callewaert (Author), Mukund Lath (Author) (1989).Hindi Padavali of Namdev.Motilal Banarsidass. p. 438.ISBN978-8120806078.
{{cite book}}
:|author=
has generic name (help) - Mukund Lath (Author), Ganesh Pyne (Illustration) (2005).The Ardhakathanaka - Half A Tale.Rupa and Co. p. 294.ISBN978-8129105660.
{{cite book}}
:|author=
has generic name (help) - Daya Krishna; Mukund Lath; Francine E. Krishna (2000).Bhakthi - A Contemporary Discussion, Philosophical Explorations in the Indian Bhakti Tradition.Indian Council of Philosophical Research. pp.257.ISBN978-8185636443.
External links
[edit]- "Economic Times".Economic Times. 2010.Retrieved18 December2014.