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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Ghanaram Chakrabarty''' ({{lang-bn|ঘনারাম চক্রবর্তী}}; c. 1669–?) was a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] [[poet]] of the [[Middle Ages]]<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= bn |isbn=978-81-89118-04-4 <br />
|pages= 141–44}}</ref> and the greatest contributor to the [[Dharmamangalkavya]] tradition of mediaeval [[Bengali literature]].<ref name = mangalkavyeritihas>{{cite book |last1=Bhattacharya |first1= Ashutosh |title=Bangla Mangalkavyer Itihas |trans-title=History of Medieval Narrative Poetry |edition= 12th |year= 2009 |publisher= A Mukherjee & Co Pvt Ltd |location=Kolkata |language=bn |pages= 406–13}}</ref> He was greeted by his [[guru]] as ''Kabiratna'' ("The Jewel of the Poets").<ref name = mangalkavyeritihas/> His work, ''Anadi Mangal'' ({{lang-bn|অনাদিমঙ্গল}}), also known as ''Sri Dharma Sangeet'',<ref name = parthachatterjee/> was probably composed in 1711.<ref name = bsiIII>{{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= bn |pages= 98–107}}</ref><br />
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Chakrabarty was born to Gourikanta Chakrabarty and Sita Devi at <br />
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Krishnapur kukura village on [[Damodar River]] in modern-day [[Purba Bardhaman district]] of the [[India]]n state of Paschimbanga ([[West Bengal]]).<ref name = parthachatterjee/> He was sent to a ''pathshala'' (traditional village primary school in Bengal) at Rampur.<ref name = parthachatterjee/> Later he was patronised by Kirtichandra, the [[Maharaja]] of [[Bardhaman]].<ref name = parthachatterjee/> He had four sons: Rampriyo, Ramgopal, Ramgobindo and Ramokrishno.<ref name = mangalkavyeritihas/><ref name = bsiIII/><br />
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Although he eulogises [[Dharmathakur]] in his poem, Chakrabarty was a devotee of [[Rama]].<ref name = bsiIII/> In his version of Dharmamangalkavya, many incidents from the ''[[Ramayana]]'' and the ''[[Bhagavata]]'' are also described.<ref name = bsiIII/> Two major tales of Dharmamangalkavya i.e. the tales of Harishchandra and Lausen are told in 24 ''palas'' (Cantos) which are further subdivided into 9147 ''shlokas'' in his poem.<ref name = bsiIII/><br />
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Chakrabarty also composed ''Satyanarayana Sindhu'', a ''panchali'' (small [[narrative poem]]) eulogising [[Vishnu|Satyanarayana]].<ref name = bsiIII/><br />
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