The Ramacharitam is a great epic poem written in Sanskrit

Sanskrit

Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...

 in Arya metre

Arya metre

Āryā meter is a meter used in Sanskrit and Prakrit verses. A verse in āryā metre is in four metrical feet called pādas. Unlike the majority of meters employed in classical Sanskrit, the āryā meter is based on the number of mātrās per pāda...

by Sandhyakar Nandi

Sandhyakar Nandi

Sandhyakar Nandi was an ancient poet from the Pala Dynasty. He was born in a Kayastha family of Vrihadvatu village near Pundravardhanapura in Varendra , Bangladesh. He was the grandson of Pinaka Nandi and the son of Prajapati Nandi, the Sandhi-Vigrahika of the Pala emperor Ramapala. He wrote the...

 during Pala Empire

Pala Empire

The Pāla Empire was one of the major middle kingdoms of India existed from 750–1174 CE. It was ruled by a Buddhist dynasty from Bengal in the eastern region of the Indian subcontinent, all the rulers bearing names ending with the suffix Pala , which means protector. The Palas were often described...

 between the second half of the 11th and the first half of the 12th century CE. This work simultaneously narrates the story of the Ramayana

Ramayana

The Ramayana is an ancient Sanskrit epic. It is ascribed to the Hindu sage Valmiki and forms an important part of the Hindu canon , considered to be itihāsa. The Ramayana is one of the two great epics of India and Nepal, the other being the Mahabharata...

 and details the historical events in Bengal

Bengal

Bengal is a historical and geographical region in the northeast region of the Indian Subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. Today, it is mainly divided between the sovereign land of People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, although some regions of the previous...

 from the assassination of the Pala emperor Mahipala II

Mahipala II

Mahipala II was the successor to the Pala king Vigrahapala III, and thirteenth ruler of the Pala line reigning for 5 years. He was succeeded by Shurapala II.-References:...

 by Divya, a rebel Kaivarta officer up to the reign of Madanapala

Madanapala

Madanapala was the successor to the Pala king Gopala III, and eighteenth and final ruler of Pala lineage reigning for 18 years. He was succeeded by Govindapala, whose lineage of that name is questionable....

 in 215 verses, by using a figure of speech, the Shlesha (double-meaning words) in each verse.

A palm-leaf manuscript of the Ramacharitam discovered by Haraprasad Shastri

Haraprasad Shastri

Haraprasad Shastri , also known as Haraprasad Bhattacharya, was an Indian academic, Sanskrit scholar, archivist and historian of Bengali literature...

 is preserved in the museum of the Asiatic Society

Asiatic Society

The Asiatic Society was founded by Sir William Jones on January 15, 1784 in a meeting presided over by Sir Robert Chambers, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at the Fort William in Calcutta, then capital of the British Raj, to enhance and further the cause of Oriental research. At the time of...

, Kolkata

Kolkata

Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

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External links

• Ramacharitam From Banglapedia
• Sandhyakar Nandi From Banglapedia