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'''Maladhar Basu''' ({{langx|bn|মালাধর বসু}}; c. 15th century) was a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] poet. He wrote ''Sri Krishna Vijaya'' (শ্রীকৃষ্ণবিজয়, ''Triumph of Lord Krishna''), the earliest Bengali narrative poem that can be assigned to a definite date.<ref name = sukumarseneng>{{cite book |last1=Sen |first1=Sukumar |title= History of Bengali |edition=3rd |year= 1979 |orig-year=1960 |publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] |location= [[New Delhi]] |isbn= 81-7201-107-5|pages=65–66 }}</ref> It is also the oldest Bengali narrative poem of [[Krishna]] legend.<ref name = sukumarseneng/> It was composed between 1473 and 1480.<ref name=bp>{{cite book |last=Ahmed |first=Wakil |year=2012 |chapter=Maladhar Basu |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Maladhar_Basu |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref> The long poem is a translation of the 10th and 11th cantos of the ''[[Bhagavata Purana]]''; a part of ''[[Vishnu Purana]]'' and the story of ''[[Ramayana]]'' is also incorporated here.<ref name = sukumarseneng/><br />
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==Biography==<br />
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Maladhar Basu was born in a Bengali [[Kulin Kayastha]] family at [[Kulingram]] village of modern-day [[Purba Bardhaman district]], Paschimbanga ([[West Bengal]]) to Bhagirath Basu and Indumati Devi. Maladhar Basu was a scholar of [[Sanskrit]] literature and [[Vaishnava]] theology. He translated the famous Sanskrit work [[Bhagavata]] into Bengali language, under the patronage of [[Nusrat Shah]], then ruler of Bengal.<br />
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In his ''Sri Krishna Vijaya'', composed in Middle Bangla, Maladhar Basu focuses on the divine life of Krishna, with the tenth canto recounting Krishna’s childhood legends and his divine play with the gopis in [[Vrindavana]]. He was honoured by [[Rukunuddin Barbak Shah]] with the title 'Gunaraj Khan'.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ahmed |first=Helal Uddin |year=2012 |chapter=History |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=History |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref><br />
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