
prayag datta joshi

prayag datta joshi heey eka bharatiy lekhak aanee sambalpuri bhasheche (kathitpane 'kosali' mhanoonahi olakhale jaanare) karyakarte hote. tyancha janm 25 februwari 1913 roji shree chandrasekhar patjoshi aanee shrimati. khariar, nuapada madhye brundbati devi. tyanni aapala vel khariyarchya kosal bharati kuriyamadhye ghalavala.
shikshan.
tyanni raaj khariar yethe 8 viparyant shikshan ghetale aanee nantar uchch shikshanasathi raipurla gele aanee 1932 madhye matrick purn kelee. tyanni 1934 teey 1938 paryant kashimadhye kabiraj dharmadas chaukacharya yethe khajgiritya aayurvedacha abhyas keela. 1938 madhye jhalelya akhil bharatiy staravaril ayurved parikshet pratham sthan patkavalyabaddal tyanna suvarnapadakane sanmanit karnyat aale. tyanchya kashichya kalat tyanni sanskratmadhye aayurvedache chaar khand lihile hote.
kosal bhasheche yogdan.
prayag datta joshi hii paschim orisachi bhasha swatantra bhasha mhanoon ghoshit karnari pahili vyakti hotee aanee tine teela "cosley" asey naav dile aanee ghoshit kele keeh
(puna punar ghoshayami prasarunvantu manishina, swatantra cosley bhasha, nopa bhasha kadachana). 
"kutek lokar gutech bhasha
cosley amar matru bhasha' heey tyanche shabd hote, jeey cosley bhasha aandolan chalvanyasathi janatela prabhavit karat hote.
tyanna 'kosali bhasar janak' (kosali bhasheche janak) aanee 'kosal gaurav' aanee 'kosal ratna' mhanoonahi olakhale jaate.
tyanni kosal bhasha chalvaliche netrutvahi kele. tyanchi kahee pustake aanee lekh pudhilpramane aaheth
kosale bhasha, sahitya aanee chalvalitil eka suprasiddha naav asalele teey pahile gambhir vidwan hote jyanni kosale bhashecha bhashik abhyas karnyacha prayatna keela. kharey tarr, joshinech itakya thampane jaheer kele qee yaa pradeshachi bhasha odiya navhe tarr cosley aahe. mrutyuparyant teey keval kosal bhasha aanee sahityachya advitiyatevar moolbhut nibandh tayar karat navhate tarr anek haushi kosal lekhak aanee kaveenna protsahan dett hote. 1986 madhye pahilyandach kosalincha aathvya anusuchit samavesh karnyasathi rashtrapatinkade nivedan sadar karnaanyaanmadhye teey dekhil hote. tyanchi chhoti pustika 'koshali bhasar sankhipt parichay' hii kosal lekhak tasech kosal chalvalitil nete eka pavitra grunth manatat.
kamgiri
khaleel sansthanni tyancha sanman kelah 
1979-khadiyal sahitya samitee
1980-panchapkhuda, bhawanipatna 
1984-mahaveer sanskarik anusthan, bhawanipatna 
1985-uttarakhand basant millen samroh 
1986-odisha lekhak sanyukt 
1987-jadumani sahitya sansad, udaypur, puri 
1988-samalpuri lekh sangh 
1989-orisa sahitya akadami.