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'''Kaviraja Madhava Kandali''' ({{lang-as|মাধৱ কন্দলি}}) (circa. 14th century) was an Indian poet from the state of [[Assam]]. He is one of the renowned poets pertaining to the Pre-[[Sankardev|Shankara]] era. His [[Saptakanda Ramayana]] is considered the earliest translation of the [[Ramayana]] into an [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan language]], [[Assamese language|Assamese]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kandali|first=Aditya Bihar|last2=Routray|first2=Aurobinda|last3=Basu|first3=Tapan Kumar|date=November 2008|title=Emotion recognition from Assamese speeches using MFCC features and GMM classifier|journal=TENCON 2008 - 2008 IEEE Region 10 Conference|pages=1–5|publisher=IEEE|doi=10.1109/tencon.2008.4766487|isbn=9781424424085}}</ref> This work was carried out by the poet as early as the 14th Century. Another significant work of his is the narrative poem ''Devajit'', which is about superiority of [[Krishna]] over the other [[avatar]]s of [[Vishnu]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Assamese literature|last=Sarma, Satyendranath.|date=1976|publisher=Harrassowitz|isbn=3447017368|oclc=886671648}}</ref> Kandali's [[Patronage#Arts|patron]] was the Barāha King [[Mahamanikya]] (mid 14th century)<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Madhav Kandali|url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/116370/12/12_chapter%201.pdf|journal=Barāha King Mahamanikya}}</ref> whose kingdom was located in the Kapili valley.<ref>[http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/67151/11/11_chapter%203.pdf Stone inscription of Barāha king Mahamanik of the mid 14th century]</ref> Kabiraja Madhava Kandali was said to be inhabitant of [[Lanka_(town)|Lanka of Undivided Nagaon]].<ref>{{harvcol|Thakuria|2015|p=164}} saka 1274 / 1352 A.D</ref>

==Literary Works==
===Saptakanda Ramayana===
Madhava Kandali is credited with the task of translating ‘[[Valmiki]]’s ''[[Ramayana]]'' into the [[Assamese language]] as early as the 14th century.<ref>Bulke,Father Kamil:Ram-katha,Pg 230</ref> The Assamese version of Ramayana conceptualized by Madhava Kandali is the first of its kind among all the regional languages of North and [[Northeast India]]. Although Madhava Kandali has written that “Saptakanda Ramayana podebandhi nibandhilo lambha parihari sarodhrite”, yet the “Adikanda” (first) and the “Uttarakanda” (last) cantos of his “Saptakanda” (seven cantos) Ramayana are not found. Therefore, in accordance with the advice of Mahapurush Srimanta [[Shankardeva]], Mahapurush [[Madhavdev]] wrote “Adikanda” and Mahapurush Srimanta Shankardeva, wrote the “Uttarakanda” in order to compensate the lost cantos and thus completed the epic consisting of “Sapta Kanda” or seven cantos. Madhava Kandali has not translated the “Shlokas” (a couplet of Sanskrit verse) of valmiki Ramayana as it is. He instead abandoned some unnecessary verse narratives and long descriptive passages. He has written the Assamese Ramayana in a lucid and rhythmic pattern thus catering to the needs of the common Assamese people.He has also provided explanations for his inclusion of non-valmiki elements while composing the epic.

Srimanta [[Shankardeva]] designated him as '''“Purva Kobi Apramadi”''' or the '''“Peerless Bard of the Eastern Region”'''. Moreover, Madhab Kandali is often acclaimed to be the “[[Kalidas]] of Assam”.
===Devajit===
Madhava Kandali is also credited to be the composer of another poetical work ''‘Devajit’'' <ref>Sharma,Satendra Nath:Axomia Sahityar Samikhaytmak Etibritto,pg-63</ref>where he portrays Lord Krishna as the greatest incarnation (avatar) of Lord Bishnu.
==Musical instruments ==
He lists several instruments in his ''"Ramayana"'', such as [[Pakhavaj|mardala]](a type of wooden Mridanga), khumuchi, bhemachi, dagar, gratal, ramtal, [[tabla|tabal]], [[anklet|jhajhar]], jinjiri, bheri mahari, [[Tokari geet|tokari]], dosari, [[kendara]], [[dotara]], [[Veena|vina]], [[Rudra veena|bīn]], [[Vipanchi veena|vipanchi]], etc. (meaning that these instruments existed since his time in 14th century or earlier).<ref name=mus1>Suresh Kant Sharma and Usha Sharma, 2005, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ffe4dMu4p_gC&pg=PA288&dq=ramayana+mentions+musical+instruments&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi3sLTkgbHYAhXLOI8KHV6EBFkQ6AEIMjAC#v=onepage&q=ramayana%20mentions%20musical%20instruments&f=false Discovery of North-East India], Page 288.</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Rāmāyaṇa from Gangā to Brahmaputra|last=Goswāmī, Māmaṇi Raẏachama, 1942-2011.|date=1996|publisher=B.R. Pub. Corp|isbn=817018858X|location=Delhi|oclc=47208217}}</ref>

==References==
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==Sources==
* Goswami, Indira (1996). Ramayana from Ganga to Brahmaputra. B.R. Pub. Corp. ISBN 81-7018-858-X
* Kandali, Madhava.Saptakanda Ramayana, (in Assamese). Banalata.
* Sarma, Satyendranath. (1976). Assamese literature. Harrassowitz. ISBN 3447017368.

==Bibliography==
*{{Cite thesis|last=Thakuria|first=Gitanjali|date=2015|title=Studies in the inscriptions of medieval assam|type=PhD|chapter=SURVEY OF THE INSCRIPTIONS AND THEIR TECHNICAL ASPECTS|publisher=Guwahati University|degree=PhD|hdl=10603/50862}}

==External links==
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*[https://www.vedamsbooks.com/no17118.htm Madhava Kandali Ramayana]

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