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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Bengali poem (1752-53) eulogizing Hindu goddess Annapurna}}<br />
[[File:Annapurna devi.jpg|thumb|[[Annapoorna devi|Annapurna]] (sitting on throne) giving alms to [[Shiva]] (standing at left), a scene from ''Annada Mangal'', colour lithograph, 1895.]]<br />
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'''Annada Mangal''' ({{lang-bn|অন্নদামঙ্গল}}), or '''Nutan Mangal''' ({{lang-bn|নূতনমঙ্গল}}), is a [[Bengali language|Bengali]] [[narrative poem]] in three parts by [[Bharatchandra Ray]], written in 1752-53.<ref name = parthachatterjee>{{cite book |last1= Chatterjee |first1= Dr Partha |title= Bangla Sahitya Parichay <br />
|trans-title= History of Bengali Literature |year= 2008|publisher= Tulsi Prakashani <br />
|location= Kolkata |language= Bengali |isbn=978-81-89118-04-4 <br />
|pages= 156–66}}</ref> It eulogizes [[Hindu]] [[goddess]] [[Annapoorna devi|Annapurna]], a form of [[Parvati]], worshipped in [[Bengal]]. It is the only poem in medieval [[Mangalkavya]] tradition that does not create a separate subgenre as no other poet ever ventured to praise Annapurna in their works.<ref name = kshetragupta>{{cite book |last1= Gupta |first1= Dr Kshetra |title= Bangla Sahityer Sampurna Itihas <br />
|trans-title= The Complete History of Bengali Literature |year= 2001|publisher= Granthanilay <br />
|location= Kolkata |language= Bengali |isbn= <br />
|pages= 182–87}}</ref><br />
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''Annada Mangal'' is divided into three Books: ''Annada Mangal'' or ''Annada Mahatmya'', ''Bidya Sundar'' or ''Kalika Mangal'' and ''Mansingh'' or ''Annapurna Mangal''.<ref name = bsiII2>{{cite book |last1= Bandyopadhyay |first1= Asit Kumar |title= Bangla Shityer Itibritta |trans-title= History of Bengali Literature |volume=III-B| edition= 3rd|year= 2001 |orig-year= 1966 |publisher= Modern Book Agency Private Ltd |location= Kolkata |language= Bengali |pages= 147–206}}</ref> ''Annada Mangal'' or ''Annada Mahatmya'' has three separate narratives. The first narrative describes the stories of [[Shiva]] and [[Dakshayani]], the birth of Parvati, the marriage of Shiva and Parvati, the founding of [[Varanasi]] and Parvati's staying in Varanasi as [[Annapoorna devi|Annapurna]].<ref name = bsiII2/> The second narrative describe [[Vyasa]]’s attempt to found Vyasakashi and his subsequent failure while the third narrative describes the story of Hari Hor and Bhabananda Majumdar, the ancestors of [[Krishna Chandra Roy]], king of [[Nadia district|Nadia]] and Bharatchandra's patron.<ref name = bsiII2/> ''Bidya Sundar'', borrowed from the legend of Princess Bidya of Bardhaman and Prince Sundar of Kanchi, is a popular love story, which, in later years, was frequently adopted for stage.<ref name = bsiII2/> This part belongs to ''Kalika Mangal'', a minor subgenre of Mangalkavya. ''Mansingh'' or ''Annapurna Mangal'' is a historical narrative of [[Mansingh]], Bhabananda Majumdar and [[Pratapaditya|Pratapaditya of Jessore]].<ref name = bsiII2/><br />
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The narratives are borrowed from various [[Puranas|puranic]] text, chronicles and legends including ''Kashi Khanda Upapurana'',<ref name = kshetragupta/> ''[[Markandeya Purana]]'',<ref name = bsiII2/> ''[[Bhagavat Purana]]'',<ref name = bsiII2/> ''Chaurapanchashika'' by [[Bilhana]],<ref name = bsiII2/> ''Kshitishvangshavali Charitam''<ref name = bsiII2/> as well as popular hearsays. A lively use of [[Sanskrit]] metres and rhetoric is found in the poem.<ref name = parthachatterjee/><br />
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The surviving manuscripts of the text were dated from 1776 to 1829.<ref name = Madanmohan/> ''Annada Mangal'' was first published by [[Ganga Kishore Bhattacharya]] in 1816.<ref name = Madanmohan/> [[Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar]]’s edition of the poem (1853) is now considered as the standard one.<ref name = Madanmohan/> Some of its older manuscripts are now preserved in [[British Museum]], [[London]], [[Bibliothèque nationale de France]], [[Paris]], [[Asiatic Society]], [[Kolkata]] and [[Vangiya Sahitya Parishad]], [[Kolkata]].<ref name = Madanmohan>{{cite book |editor1-first= Dr Madan Mohan|editor1-last= Goswami |title= Bharatchandra |trans-title= A Selection of Bharatchandra's Works |edition= 3rd|year= 1961 |publisher= Sahitya Akademi |location= New Delhi |language= Bengali |isbn= 81-260-2218-3 |pages= 8–13}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Mangalkavya Mangalkavya] in Banglapedia<br />
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