Template:Distinguish Template:Infobox language Brajabuli is an artificial literary language popularized by the poet Vidyapati.[1][2] His Brajabuli lyrics about the love which were turned out to be for Radha Krishna later on these are considered his best work.[3] Other poets emulated his writing, and the language became established in the 16th century.[1][2] Among the medieval Odia poets who wrote in Brajabuli are Ray Ramananda, Bhupati Pandita, Brundabati dasi, Narottama Das, Balarama Das, Jnanadas, and Gobinda das Kabiraj.[4][5]
Rabindranath Tagore also composed his Bhanusimha Thakurer Padavali (1884) in this language (he initially promoted these lyrics as those of a newly discovered poet, Bhanusingha).[3] Other 19th century figures in the Bengal Renaissance, such as Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, have also written in Brajabuli.[5] The extant Brajabuli literature consists of about 5,000 poems.[6]
Brajabuli is basically Maithili (as prevalent during the medieval period), but its forms are modified to look like Bengali.[1]
See also
- Brajavali dialect – another literary language based on Maithili
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The History and Culture of the Indian People{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan(1960)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh{{#if:Morshed|, Morshed}. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh(2012)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh{{#if:Choudhury|, Choudhury}. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh(2012)
- ↑ History of Oriya literature{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Sahitya Akademi(1962)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Medieval Indian Literature: An Anthology{{#if:Paniker|, Paniker}. Sahitya Akademi(1997). ISBN 978-81-260-0365-5
- ↑ A History of Brajabuli Literature{{#if:Sen|, Sen}. University of Calcutta(1935)