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{{Infobox Buddhist leader<br />
| name = Kānhapā<br />
| image = Mahasiddha Kanhapa.jpg<br />
| caption = Kanhapa, 8th centurt Buddhist [[Mahasiddha]]<br />
| birth_date = c. 10th century AD<br />
| birth_place = <!-- Birthplace if available --><br />
| death_date = <!-- Death date if available --><br />
| religion = [[Tantric Buddhism]]<br />
| guru = [[Jalandhar]]<br />
| disciples = [[Nath Sampradaya]] (after [[Matsyendranatha]] and [[Gorakhnath]])<br />
| literary_works = [[Charyapada]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Kānhapā''', '''Kanha''' or '''Kanhapada''' or '''Krishnacharya'''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kahnapa - Banglapedia|url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Kahnapa|access-date=2022-01-19|website=en.banglapedia.org}}</ref> ( c 10th century AD) was one of the main [[poets]] of ''[[Charyapada]]'', the earliest known example of [[Assamese Literature|Assamese]], [[Bengali literature|Bengali]], [[Maithili language|Maithili]], [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]], and [[Odia literature|Odia]] literature. He was a [[Tantric buddhism|tantric Buddhist]] and a disciplle of Jalandhar.[https://books.google.co.in/books?id=IyILAAAAYAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22Kanhapa%22+taranath&q=%22Kanhapa%22+taranath&hl=en&source=gb_mobile_entity&ovdme=1&redir_esc=y#%22Kanhapa%22%20taranath Page21] Kanhapada is also a prominent siddhacharya to [[Nath]] [[Sampradaya]] after [[Matsyendranatha]] and [[Gorakhnath]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=asf|url=http://archive.org/details/BangalirItihasAdiparbaByNiharranjanRoy|title=Bangalir Itihas Adiparba By Niharranjan Roy|pages=601}}</ref> His poems in Charjyapad are written in a code, whereby every poem has a descriptive or narrative surface meaning but also encodes tantric Buddhist teachings. Some experts believe this was to conceal sacred knowledge from the uninitiated.<br />
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In one of his poems, Kanhupa wrote:<br />
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{{blockquote|<br />
Your hut stands outside the city<br />
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Oh, untouchable maid<br />
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The bald Brahmin passes sneaking close by<br />
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Oh, my maid, I would make you my companion<br />
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Kanha is the kapali, a yogi<br />
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He is naked and has no disgust<br />
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There is a lotus with sixty-four petals<br />
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Upon that the maid will climb with this poor self and dance.}}<br />
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The language of Kanhupa's poetry bears a very strong resemblance to modern Bangla and Odia. For example,<br />
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eka so padamā caüṣaṭṭhī pākhur̤i . <br />
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tahim̐ car̤i nācaï ḍombi bāpur̤i..}}<br />
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{{blockquote|ଏକ ସୋ ପଦମା ଚଉଷଟ୍ଠୀ ପାଖୁଡ଼ି ।<br />
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ତହିଁ ଚଡ଼ି ନାଚଇ ଡୋମ୍ବି ବାପୁଡ଼ି ॥}}<br />
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{{blockquote|এক সো পদমা চৌষট্ঠী পাখুড়ি ।<br />
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তহিঁ চড়ি নাচই ডোম্বি বাপুড়ি ॥}}<br />
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<ref>{{Cite web |title=নগর বাহিরি রে ডোম্বি তোহোরি কুড়িআ |url=http://onushilon.org/music/gitikar/corja/corjja10.htm |access-date=2022-04-19 |website=onushilon.org |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920163407/http://onushilon.org/music/gitikar/corja/corjja10.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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Padama (Padma:Lotus), Chausatthi (64), Pakhudi (petals) Tahin (there, in that), Charhi (climb/rise), nachai (dances), Dombi (a Bengali or Odia woman belonging to the scheduled caste, Domi/Domni), Bapuri (a Bangla and Odia word for 'poor fellow'; ‘বাপুর, বাপুড়া’<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dasa |first=Jnanendramohana |date=1937 |title=Bangala Bhashara abhidana |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/dasa_query.py?qs=%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81&searchhws=yes&matchtype=exact |access-date=2022-04-19 |website=dsal.uchicago.edu}}</ref>)<br />
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Somewhat modern poetic Bangla would be, “একশো পদ্মে/পদমে চৌষট্টি পাকড়ি/পাখুড়ি। তাহে চড়িয়া/চড়ি নাচে ডোমি বাপুড়ি/বেচারি॥”<br />
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or<br />
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hā lo ḍombi to puchami sadabhābe. <br />
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āisasi jāsi ḍombi kāhari nābem̐..}}<br />
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{{blockquote|ହା ଲୋ ଡୋମ୍ବି ତୋ ପୁଛମି ସଦଭାବେ।<br />
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ଆଇସସି ଜାସି ଡୋମ୍ବି କାହରି ନାବେଁ॥}}<br />
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{{blockquote|হা লো ডোম্বি তো পুছমি সদভাবে।<br />
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আইসসি যাসি ডোম্বি কাহরি নাবেঁ॥}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=নগর বাহিরি রে ডোম্বি তোহোরি কুড়িআ |url=http://onushilon.org/music/gitikar/corja/corjja10.htm |access-date=2022-04-19 |website=onushilon.org |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920163407/http://onushilon.org/music/gitikar/corja/corjja10.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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The above verse hardly requires any translation to be understood in present-day [[Bengali language|Bengali]] or [[Odia language|Odia]].<br />
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Modern poetic Bengali version of it will be “হ্যাঁ লো ডোমনি/ডোমি, তোকে/তোয় পুঁছি/জিজ্ঞাসি/শুধাই সদ্ভাবে। আসিস-যাস ডোমি/ডোমনি কাহারে নায়/নাওয়ে”.<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Bengali male poets]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Buddhists]]<br />
[[Category:Mahasiddhas]]<br />
[[Category:Buddhist yogis]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male poets]]<br />
[[Category:Vajrayana]]<br />
[[Category:Poets of Charyapada]]<br />
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