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'''Hema Saraswati''' (fl. late 14th century) was amongst the earliest known [[Assamese language|Assamese]] writers, most known for his poem, ''Prahlada Charita'', the earliest known poetic work in Assamese language.<ref>[[#Kl|Kloss, p. 37]]</ref> He was court poet under the patronage of [[Kamtapur]]'s King Durlabh Narayan of [[Kamata Kingdom]], who also provided patronage to his contemporary, [[Harivara Vipra]].<ref>[http://janasanyogassam.nic.in/literature.html Assamese Literature] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605193726/http://janasanyogassam.nic.in/literature.html |date=5 June 2011 }} Directorate of Information, Govt. of Assam.</ref> He wrote ''Prahlada Charita'' based on a story found in [[Vayu Purana]] and ''Har-Gauri-Sambaad'', a version of [[Kumarasambhava]] by [[Kalidasa]].<ref>[[#Mukh|Mukherjee, p. 133]]</ref><ref>[[#Da|Das, p. 215]]</ref><br />
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His concurrent writers are [[Rudra Kandali]], [[Madhav Kandali]], [[Horibor Bipro]] etc., who gave a strong initial base to [[Assamese Literature]].<br />
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* {{cite book |title=The Written languages of the world: a survey of the degree and modes of use, Volume 2, Book 1 |author=Heinz Kloss |author2=Grant D. McConnell |author3=Université Laval|publisher=Presses Université Laval|year=1978|isbn=2-7637-7186-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yU8nq-C6wnoC&q=Hema+Saraswati&pg=PA36 |ref=Kl }}<br />
*{{Citation<br />
|editor-last=Neog<br />
|editor-first=Maheswar<br />
|title=Sanchayana<br />
|pages=ixx-xx, 8–11, 437<br />
|publisher=Sahitya Akademi<br />
|place=Delhi<br />
|year=1997<br />
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* {{cite book |title=A Dictionary of Indian Literature: Beginnings-1850 (Volume 1)|author=Sujit Mukherjee|publisher=Orient Blackswan|year=1999|isbn=81-250-1453-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YCJrUfVtZxoC&q=Hema+Saraswati&pg=PA133 |ref=Mukh }}<br />
* {{cite book |title=A History of Indian literature, 500-1399: from courtly to the popular|author=Sisir Kumar Das|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|year=2006|isbn=81-260-2171-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BC3l1AbPM8sC&q=Hema+Saraswati&pg=PA215 |ref=Da }}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130526092930/http://www.culturopedia.com/Literature/assamese_literature.html Assamese Literature]<br />
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