Anand Kumar Ashodhiya

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Research Articles

This archive collects the scholarly articles of Anand Kumar Ashodhiya on Haryanvi Ragni, Pingal Shastra, Saang-Shaili oral traditions, vernacular poetics, folk dramaturgy, ethical consciousness and North Indian performance literature.

The articles examine metrical architecture, Guru-Laghu sequencing, Yati systems, oral cadence, refrain structures, Bhakti aesthetics, narrative ethics, cultural memory and vernacular philosophy in contemporary Haryanvi literary traditions.

Research overview

  • Articles listed: 16
  • Articles with a registered DOI: 16 of 16 (5 journal DOIs, 11 Zenodo archive DOIs)
  • Languages: Hindi and English
  • Core methods: Pingal prosody, oral tradition studies, folk-performance theory, cultural semiotics, vernacular philosophy
  • Publishing platforms: IJCRT, JETIR, IJRAR, The Academic, RESEARCH REVIEW, ShodhPatra, IJIRT, IJHR
  • Archives and profiles: Zenodo, Academia.edu, ORCID, OpenAIRE

Adharajan Research Series

A critical examination of the Haryanvi Saang-Shaili Ragni corpus Adharajan through Pingal prosody, folk-performance aesthetics, oral narrative systems and socio-cultural interpretation.

Heer–Ranjha Research Series

An investigation of the Haryanvi Ragni adaptation of the Heer–Ranjha narrative through Pingal prosody, oral aesthetics, folk emotionality and cultural symbolism.

Bhagat Puranmal Critical Studies

Studies of the Bhagat Puranmal Ragni tradition through ethical criticism, devotional aesthetics, resistance discourse and Pingal Chhand systems.

AVIKAVANI: Contemporary Haryanvi Ragni Studies (2026)

Studies of Vedantic consciousness, pedagogical memory, spiritual symbolism, ethical selfhood and philosophical discourse within Haryanvi folk-poetic traditions.

Core research domains

Pingal Shastra (Indian prosody) · Haryanvi Ragni tradition · Saang-Shaili performance systems · oral tradition and folk memory · folk hermeneutics and vernacular philosophy · Bhakti aesthetics and ethical literature · North Indian oral poetics · performative literary theory · cultural semiotics and folk psychology · vernacular metaphysics and ethical selfhood

Scholarly orientation

This research programme seeks to establish Haryanvi Ragni literature as a field of advanced literary and interdisciplinary scholarship, through systematic engagement with Pingal metrics, oral-performance traditions, folk aesthetics, vernacular epistemology and ethical discourse.

About the DOIs

Where a journal assigns its own DOI, it is shown as “DOI (journal)”. Where the published open-access PDF has been deposited in the Zenodo repository, the DOI identifies that archived copy and is shown as “DOI (Zenodo archive)”. Both are permanent, citable identifiers.

Scholarly commentary and literary essays

Supplementary essays, research reflections and prosodic commentary published on Medium:

Technical research documentation

For prosodic methodologies, bibliographic records and glossaries, see the project Wiki:

Preservation and accessibility

The articles are linked to archival repositories, DOI systems and publisher databases to support long-term preservation and citation continuity. See also the WorldCat catalogue: The Complete Works of Anand Kumar Ashodhiya.

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