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Bhanubhakta Acharya
Poet, author, 1814 – 1868, who was bhanubhakta acharya.
Bhanubhakta Acharya The first poet of Nepal. He translated the great epic 'Ramayana' from Sanskrit to Nepali. Born to a Brahmin family in 1814 in Tanahu, he received at home an excellent education with a strong leaning towards religion from his grandfather.
Nepalese people commemorate 29th Asar as "Bhanu jayanti", the birthday of Bhanubhakta Acharya, who is also more popularly known as "Nepal ka Adikavi".
"Adikavi" in reference to Bhanubhakta had first been used by Motiram Bhatta. While writing a biography of Bhanubhakta in 1881 AD, Motiram described him as Adikavi, not because he was the first poet in Nepali. As Motiram himself recognized, there were many poets before Bhanubhakta. Instead, he argued that Bhanubhakta deserved the title because he was the first poet who wrote with an understanding of the "marma" of poetry.
Bhanubhakta was a first Nepali poet who translated the great epic "Ramayana" from Sanskrit to Nepali. His writing was significant in the then Nepalese society where common people did not have access to this great epic. Only people belonging to Brahmin families were educated and could read and write Sanskrit. His translation of Ramayan in Nepali language was a milestone in Nepali literature as it was written in common language understood by all.
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Nepalese people commemorate 29th Asar as "Bhanu jayanti", the birthday of Bhanubhakta Acharya, who is also more popularly known as "Nepal ka Adikavi". "Adikavi" in reference to Bhanubhakta had first been used by Motiram Bhatta. While writing a biography of Bhanubhakta in 1881 AD, Motiram described him as Adikavi, not because he was the first ...