Adikanda Mahanta

Adikanda Mahanta (Oriya: ଆଦିକନ୍ଦ ମହାନ୍ତ; 8 May 1954 - January 2013) Orissa ke Chitrada se ek Indian folklorist aur literature ka praantkarr tha. Odisha ke pioneer folklorists mein se ek hain aur raashtreeya India ki folk culture par apne research ko lekar bhi masur hai. 

 Jeevanee 
mahant ka janm chitrada, mayoorabhanj, udeesa, bhaarat mein shree shiv prasaad aur satyabhaama mohanta ke ghar hua tha. unhonne raanchee vishvavidyaalay mein udiya maastars kaaryakram mein pratham shrenee sammaan praapt kiya. isake baad unhonne udeesa kee lok sanskrti par peeechadee kee upaadhi praapt kee. unhonne 1988 mein usee vishvavidyaalay mein apanee theesis "odishaara kuramaalee lokageeta" (udeesa ke kudamaalee/kuramaalee lok geet) ka saphalataapoorvak bachaav kiya.

Mohanta Oidisa sarakaar ke skoolon ke up-nireekshak the aur unhonne udiya baal saahity anusandhaan sansthaan sangathan ke lie basant kishor saahoo aur sansthaapak manindr mohantee ke saath kaam kiya tha.[Directory of Officers & Employees, mahant ke paas 2008 kee do paathyapustaken hain jinhen 2009-2010 shaikshanik varsh mein udeesa sarakaar dvaara raajy paathyakram mein joda gaya tha: odisha ra sastr aadivaasee lok katha, bhaag 1 aur itihaasaru shikshaaba aasa. udeesa mein mahant ko bachchon ke saahity mein unake yogadaan ke lie jaana jaata tha. isake atirikt, unhonne lokageet patrikaon pharua (1998-2002), kudamee katha (1995-2008), aur bandana ke lie pradhaan sampaadak ke roop mein kaary kiya.

 Puraskaar aur sammaan 

 1985: Bissubamilana Sisu Sahittika Sammana - Prajatantra prachar samiti
 1986: Kanakadurga Motimahal Gadaradanga Puri Award
 1987: Kendujhar Jillastariya Sisu Sahitya Sansad Award
 1987: Sisu Sahittika Award
 1987: Rachachhanda Kendujhar Award
 1986: Sri Jagannath Tatwasrom Udaybatu jagatsingpur award
 1986: Agami Satabdi Bhubaneswar Jhumar Gabesaka Award
 1987: Mayurbhanj Banipitha Haldipada Award
 2013: Majumdar Prasad Sahib Award
 2013: Saraswata Baniputra Award
 2013: Prakash Kumar, Andhra Pradesh ke liye Loksatta Award (Prakashan) 
 2015: Rajyastrariya Kruti Sikhaka Award
 2013: Prabandhika Award - Mayurbhanj Sahitya Parishad
 2013: Kalingaratna Samman Award

 Chayanit prakaashan 

 1985: Uttar Odishara Loka katha
 1988: Gapa suniba aasa
 1991: Satirtha galpa
 1993: Gyana tapaswi radhakrusnan
 1997: Odisha ra srestha adivasi loka katha
 1998: Tiring ringa
 1999: Kudmi loka katha
 2002: Karam katha
 2003: "Folk Treatment System of Tribal Society in Eastern India" (pages 62–65) in Changing Tribal Life: A Socio-philosophical Perspective by Padmaja Sen 
 2005: Kudmi janma sanskara
 2006: Kurmali loka katha o laka gita: Samanya kathana
 2006: Jhumar samikhya
 2006: Chheng gargar khapra pitha
 2007: Kudmi biplabi neta
 2007: Chau Nrutya samanya kathana
 2007: Mayurbhanja ra lokabadya
 2007: Kudmi jati eka bihangabalokana
 2007: "Ecological Ideologies in Tribal Folklore of Eastern India" (pages 71–77) in Forest, Government, and Tribe by Chittaranjan Kumar Paty 
 2008: Utara Odisha ra loka nrutya

 Sandarbh 

vibhag:1954 janam
vibhag:Jinda log