Early history Bengali poetry

1 history

1.1 origins

1.1.1 medieval age
1.1.2 translation of epics vernacular

early history

the history of bengali poetry underwent 3 successive stages of development: poetry of age (like charyapad), medieval period , age of modern poetry. modernity introduced bengali poetry in 1930s.

origins

bengali poetry began during 10th century. known mystic poems called charyacharyavinishchaya, , called charyapad or charyagiti. these poems discovered in nepal s royal library bengali scholar mahamahopadhyay haraprasad shastri.

medieval age
translation of epics vernacular

krittibas ojha
kashiram das

the medieval period of bengali poetry between 1350 , 1800. known period of jayadeva, renowned 12th-century poet neighboring odisha famous poem gitagovinda.

other noted poets period include 13th century vidyapati, known love lyrics , baḍu, chandidas, writer of sri krishna kirtan. sri krishna kirtan considered important philosophical , erotic work of period.

the period 1500 1800 known late middle bengali period. during period, there marked influence of chaitanya, leading development of vaishnava literature. vaishnava poets include govinddas , gyandas.

beside vaishnava poetry, significant work of 16th century mukunda chakravarti s chandimangal. other mangal-kāvyas or religious texts manasamangal, dharmamangal , phullaketu.

two of bengal s known muslim poets, daulat qazi , alaol, lived in 15th century (1607–1680) in myanmar.