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Kānhapā, Kanha or Kanhapada or Krishnacharya[1] ( c 10th century AD) was one of the main poets of Charyapada, the earliest known example of Assamese, Bengali, Maithili, Bhojpuri, and Odia literature. He was a tantric Buddhist and a disciplle of Jalandhar.Page21 Kanhapada is also a prominent siddhacharya to Nath Sampradaya after Matsyendranatha and Gorakhnath.[2] 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.
In one of his poems, Kanhupa wrote:
The language of Kanhupa's poetry bears a very strong resemblance to modern Bangla and Odia. For example,
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’[4])
Somewhat modern poetic Bangla would be, “একশো পদ্মে/পদমে চৌষট্টি পাকড়ি/পাখুড়ি। তাহে চড়িয়া/চড়ি নাচে ডোমি বাপুড়ি/বেচারি॥”
or
The above verse hardly requires any translation to be understood in present-day Bengali or Odia.
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”.
References
- ↑ Kahnapa - Banglapedia. en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
- ↑ Bangalir Itihas Adiparba By Niharranjan Roy{{#if:asf|, asf}
- ↑ নগর বাহিরি রে ডোম্বি তোহোরি কুড়িআ. onushilon.org. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
- ↑ Bangala Bhashara abhidana, Dasa, Jnanendramohana. dsal.uchicago.edu(1937). Retrieved 2022-04-19.
- ↑ নগর বাহিরি রে ডোম্বি তোহোরি কুড়িআ. onushilon.org. Retrieved 2022-04-19.