Chandravati (poet)

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Chandravati
চন্দ্রাবতী
Born1550
Kishoreganj, Bengal (now in Bangladesh)
Died1600
Kishoreganj, Bengal
OccupationPoet
Parent(s)Bangshi Das Bhattacharya

Chandrabati (Bengali: চন্দ্রাবতী) was a medieval Bengali poet, widely considered as the first woman poet of Bengali language.[1] She is best known for her women-centered epic Ramayana.

Early life[]

Chandravati was born to Dij-Banshidas Bhattacharya, in circa. 1550 CE in the village of Patuyari, on the banks of the Fulesshori river in Kishoreganj which is currently located in Dhaka division of Bangladesh.[2] Bansidas was a composer of Manasa's ballads known as Manasar Bhasaner Gan. According to Sambaru Chandra Mohanta, he was one of the composers of Manasamangal.

Literary works[]

Chandravati was the first woman from the Indian subcontinent to compose the Ramayana in Bengali. She also composed Malua and doshsho kenaram.[3][4] She narrated the Ramayana from Sita's point of view and criticized Rama.[5] Chandravati is a highly individual rendition as a tale told from a woman's point of view which, instead of celebrating masculine heroism, laments the suffering of women caught in the play of male ego.[6] She however couldn't finish her work.

References[]

  1. ^ Congress, Indian History (2002). Proceedings - Indian History Congress. Indian History Congress. p. 169. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  2. ^ Sen, Dinesh Chandra (1988) [First published 1923]. The Ballads of Bengal. Vol. 1. Mittal Publications. pp. 14–.
  3. ^ <url=http://sos-arsenic.net/lovingbengal/purbo.html#4>
  4. ^ Mazumdar, Sucheta; Kaiwar, Vasant; Labica, Thierry (2010). From Orientalism to Postcolonialism: Asia, Europe and the Lineages of Difference. Routledge. p. 56. ISBN 978-1-135-21198-1. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  5. ^ Dev Sen, Nabaneeta. "Building A Digital Feminary". Building A Digital Feminary: Chandrabati. Liz Henry. Archived from the original on March 19, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
  6. ^ Bose, Mandakranta (2013). A Woman's Ramayana: Candravati's Bengali Epic. Routledge Hindu Studies Series. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-62529-6.
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