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'''Braj literature''' is literature in [[Braj Bhasha]], one of the [[Western Hindi languages]] developed as a literary language before the introduction of [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]], [[Urdu]], and [[Hindi]]. It is often mystical in nature, related to the spiritual union of people with God, because almost all of Braj poets were considered God-realised saints and their words are thus considered as emanating from a divine source. Much of the traditional Northern Indian literature shares this trait. It literary tradition is a celebration of [[Lord Krishna]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.firstpost.com/fwire/tagore-focus-of-taj-literature-fest-1286455.html | publisher=Firstpost | title=Tagore focus of Taj literature fest | date=13 December 2013 | author=IANS | accessdate=7 April 2019 }}</ref><ref>[http://m.ibnlive.com/news/no-memorial-for-ghalib-at-his-birthplace-agra/441946-3-242.html No memorial for Ghalib at his birthplace, Agra-India News - IBNLive Mobile<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The Braj region has a rich legacy and the medium was mainly the literary vehicle for the poets viz. [[Surdas]], [[Tulsidas]], [[Acharya Ram Chandra Shukla]], [[Raskhan]], [[Amir Khusrau]] among others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/books/now-a-literature-festival-in-taj-city/article1-966906.aspx |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-02-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302023038/http://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/books/now-a-literature-festival-in-taj-city/article1-966906.aspx |archivedate=2014-03-02 }}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
Braj Bhasha gained wider literary acceptance after Mughal emperor, [[Akbar]], accepted it as one of the royal court's language and liked to use it to compose poems.<br />
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==Literary works in Braj Bhasha==<br />
Some major literary works in Braj Bhasha are:<br />
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* ''Yugala Shataka'' by Swami Sri Sribhatta Devacarya; known as the first 'Vani' book in Vraja Bhasha composed in the 14th Century AD as a part of [[Nimbarka Sampradaya]] tradition of [[Radha]] [[Krishna]] worship.<br />
* ''[[Vinaya Patrika]]'' by [[Tulsidas]]<br />
* ''Sur Sagar'' by [[Surdas]]<ref>[http://www.google.com/notebook/public/03553967701179803178/BDQs4SwoQx5vXjbQh Hindi Literature]</ref><br />
* ''Buddha Charit'' by [[Acharya Ram Chandra Shukla]]<br />
* ''[[Sufi]] poetry'' by [[Amir Khusro]]<br />
* ''Eulogies'' by [[Kavi Bhushan]]<br />
* ''Vrind Satsai'' by [[Vrind]] (1643 - 1723), court poet of ruler of [[Kishangarh]]<ref name="Mukherjee1998">{{cite book|author=Sujit Mukherjee|title=A Dictionary of Indian Literature: Beginnings-1850|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YCJrUfVtZxoC&pg=PA425|date= 1998|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn=978-81-250-1453-9|pages=425–}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Braj Bhasha]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
* {{cite book|last1=Snell|first1=Rupert|title=The Hindi Classical Tradition: A Braj Bhāṣā Reader|date=1991|publisher=SOAS|location=London|isbn=0728601753|url=https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/46075|accessdate=28 May 2018}}<br />
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