Ramprasadi (

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

: রামপ্রসাদী) is the songs composed by eighteenth century

saint-poet Ramprasad Sen. They are usually addressed to Hindu goddess

Kali Kali (; sa, काली, ), also referred to as Mahakali, Bhadrakali, and Kalika ( sa, कालिका), is a Hinduism, Hindu goddess who is considered to be the goddess of ultimate power, time, destruction and change in Shaktism. In t ...

and written in

Bengali language Bengali ( ), generally known by its endonym Bangla (, ), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language native to the Bengal region of South Asia. It is the official, national, and most widely spoken language of Bangladesh and the second m ...

.Singing to the Goddess: Poems to Kali and Uma from Bengal, Ramprasad Sen, Translated by Rachel Fell McDermott ()History of Bengali Literature, Dr. Dulal Chakraborty, July - 2007, Bani Bitan. (Bengali)

Influence

Ramprasad Sen was the first shakta poet to address Kali with such as intimate devotion and to sing of her as a tender loving mother or even as a little girl. He is credited with creating a new compositional form that combined the Bengali folk style of Baul music with classical melodies and kirtan. After him, a school of

shakta Shaktism ( sa, शाक्त, , ) is one of several major Hindu denominations, wherein the metaphysical reality is considered metaphorically a woman and Shakti (Mahadevi) is regarded as the supreme godhead. It includes many goddesses, all ...

poets continued the Kali-bhakti tradition.

Krishna Chandra Roy Raja Krishnachandra (born Krishnachandra Ray, (1710–1783) was a raja and zamindar of , Nadia, from 1728 to 1782. He belonged to the Nadia Raj family and Shakta Hindu tradition. He is credited not only with his resistance to the Mughal rule ...

, Siraj ud-Daulah,

Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...

, Kazi Nazrul Islam were immensely inspired by the songs of Ramprasad. Many of his songs were sung by famous Shyama sangeet singers like

Dhananjay Bhattacharya Dhananjay Bhattacharya (September 10, 1922 – December 27, 1992) was an Indian Bengali singer and composer. He was a versatile Shyama Sangeet singer. Career He started his career by singing modern Bengali as well as Hindi songs. His first s ...

Pannalal Bhattacharya Pannalal Bhattacharya (c. 1930 – 27 March 1966) was an Indian singer of Bengali music. Most of the songs he sang were written by Ramprasad Sen and Kamalakanta Bhattacharya, both of whom were Shakta poets of Bengal. He was eight years younger th ...

and Anup Ghoshal.

Incomplete list of songs

* De maa amay tabildari * Abhay pade pran sanpechi * Mon re krishi kaaj jana na * Mon keno mayer charanchara * Dakre mon kali bole * Aamar antore anandamayee * Abhay charan sab lotale * Apar sangsar nahi parapar * Annapurnar dhanya kashi * Asakale jaba kotha * Aamar kapal go tara * Ami eto doshi kishe * Emon din ki hobe maa tara * Patitapabani tara * Maa aamar baro bhay hoyeche * Naam bhrama bateshwar * kemon kare charaye jaba * Rasane, kali nam ratare * Maa aamar khelan halo * Akalanka shashimukhi, sudhapane sada sukhi * Aami tei tarutale base * Aaj subhanishi pohailo tomar * Amay ki dhon dibi tor ki dhon ache * Amay choyo naa re shamon aamar jat giyache * Aamar sanad dheke jare * Ami oi khede khed kori * Ar kaaj ki aamar kashi? * Chi mon tui bisoybhola * Ar bholale bhulba naa go * Kemon kare tarabe tara * Kaligun geye bagal bajaye * Chi-chi monbhramara dili baji

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Influence

Incomplete list of songs

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