Chandra Bharati (1525-1578) was a 16th-century poet, litterateur and proficient of
Sanskrit
Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...
grammar from
Barpeta
Barpeta (Pron: bə(r)ˈpeɪtə / bə(r)ˈpi:tə ) is a town in Barpeta district of the state of Assam in India and is district headquarters. The city is located north west of Guwahati and is one of the major cities in Western Assam. It is als ...
,
Kamrup.
The inscription on a stone slab on the hill in
Rajaduar, abutting on the
Brahmaputra
The Brahmaputra is a trans-boundary river which flows through Tibet, northeast India, and Bangladesh. It is also known as the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibetan, the Siang/Dihang River in Arunachali, Luit in Assamese, and Jamuna River in Bangla. I ...
, claims that the hill was the abode of Chandra Bharati.
Family
His wife's name was Tara Devi. Their son
Bhattadeva was known as "father of Assamese prose".
See also
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Bakul Kayastha
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Bhusana Dvija
References
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Kamrupi literary figures
Poets from Assam
Assamese-language poets
1525 births
1578 deaths
People from Barpeta
16th-century Indian poets