Proverbs are coherent and lively documents of human experiences in succinct manner. These give vigor to language. Some proverbs are for shock treatment to the stupid ones. Some are drumbeats to the slumbering lethargic! Proverbs are strong pulses of folklore. Citing proverbs in daily conversation is age-old practice of people. Collection and study of these wonderful aphorisms is made several times in hundreds of languages of the world. We do not know original creators of these by name. But we do know modern authors by name that has produced proverbs afresh inspired by old ones. Abhanaka-jagannatha, a compilation of new proverbs is authored by S. Jagannatha, free thinker. This work is permeated with new maxims, imaginations, teen-weeny sketches of author's own experience and imitation of old adages. The number of proverbs is one thousand and one hundred (1100). All proverbs are classified and arranged alphabetically in every classified group. Meanings of difficult words in footnotes and introduction of proverbs are in Sanskrit itself. Contents of the subjects are provided at the beginning. An alphabetical list of subjects and the words shown in the footnotes is given at the end for quick reference.
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