A Survey of Maithili Literature

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Publisher : Ram Vilas Sahu
ISBN 13 : 9380538367
Total Pages : 224 pages
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Download or read book A Survey of Maithili Literature written by Radhakrishna Choudhary and published by Ram Vilas Sahu. This book was released on 1976 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature

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Publisher : Sahitya Akademi
ISBN 13 : 9788126011940
Total Pages : 936 pages
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Download or read book Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature written by Amaresh Datta and published by Sahitya Akademi. This book was released on 1988 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Major Activity Of The Sahitya Akademi Is The Preparation Of An Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature. The Venture, Covering Twenty-Two Languages Of India, Is The First Of Its Kind. Written In English, The Encyclopaedia Gives A Comprehensive Idea Of The Growth And Development Of Indian Literature. The Entries On Authors, Books And General Topics Have Been Tabulated By The Concerned Advisory Boards And Finalised By A Steering Committee. Hundreds Of Writers All Over The Country Contributed Articles On Various Topics. The Encyclopaedia, Planned As A Six-Volume Project, Has Been Brought Out. The Sahitya Akademi Embarked Upon This Project In Right Earnest In 1984. The Efforts Of The Highly Skilled And Professional Editorial Staff Started Showing Results And The First Volume Was Brought Out In 1987. The Second Volume Was Brought Out In 1988, The Third In 1989, The Fourth In 1991, The Fifth In 1992, And The Sixth Volume In 1994. All The Six Volumes Together Include Approximately 7500 Entries On Various Topics, Literary Trends And Movements, Eminent Authors And Significant Works. The First Three Volume Were Edited By Prof. Amaresh Datta, Fourth And Fifth Volume By Mohan Lal And Sixth Volume By Shri K.C.Dutt.

Nation and Region in Grierson’s Linguistic Survey of India

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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 0429799349
Total Pages : 316 pages
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Download or read book Nation and Region in Grierson’s Linguistic Survey of India written by Javed Majeed and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2018-10-03 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Abraham Grierson’s Linguistic Survey of India is one of the most complete sources on South Asian languages. This book is the first detailed examination of the Survey. It shows how the Survey collaborated with Indian activists to consolidate the regional languages in India. By focusing on India as a linguistic region, it was at odds with the colonial state’s conceptualisation of the subcontinent, in which religious and caste differences were key to its understanding of Indian society. A number of the Survey’s narratives are detachable from its rigorous linguistic imperatives, and together with aspects of Grierson’s other texts, these contributed to the way in which Indian nationalists appropriated and reshaped languages, making them religiously charged ideological symbols of particular versions of the subcontinent. Thus, the Survey played an important role in the emergence of religious nationalism and language conflict in the subcontinent in the 20th century. This volume, like its companion volume Colonialism and Knowledge in Grierson’s Linguistic Survey of India, will be a great resource for scholars and researchers of linguistics, language and literature, history, political studies, cultural studies and South Asian studies.

RAJDEO MANDAL- Maithili Writer (WITH SUPPLEMENT ONE & TWO)

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Download or read book RAJDEO MANDAL- Maithili Writer (WITH SUPPLEMENT ONE & TWO) written by Gajendra Thakur and published by Videha eLearning. This book was released on with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ऐ पोथी‍क सर्वाधि‍कार सुरक्षि‍त अछि‍। कॅापीराइट (©) धारकक लि‍खि‍त अनुमति‍क बि‍ना पोथीक कोनो अंशक छाया प्रति‍एवं रि‍कॉडिंग सहि‍त इलेक्‍ट्रॉनि‍क अथवा यांत्रि‍क, कोनो माध्‍यमसँ, अथवा ज्ञानक संग्रहण वा पुनर्प्रयोगक प्रणाली द्वारा कोनो रूपमे पुनरुत्‍पादि‍त अथवा संचारि‍त-प्रसारि‍त नै कएल जा सकैत अछि‍। (c) 2000-2022। सर्वाधिकार सुरक्षित। विदेहमे प्रकाशित सभटा रचना आ आर्काइवक सर्वाधिकार रचनाकार आ संग्रहकर्त्ताक लगमे छन्हि। भालसरिक गाछ जे सन 2000 सँ याहूसिटीजपर छल http://www.geocities.com/.../bhalsarik_gachh.html, http://www.geocities.com/ggajendra आदि लिंकपर आ अखनो 5 जुलाइ 2004 क पोस्ट http://gajendrathakur.blogspot.com/2004/07/bhalsarik-gachh.html (किछु दिन लेल http://videha.com/2004/07/bhalsarik-gachh.html लिंकपर, स्रोत wayback machine of https://web.archive.org/web/*/videha 258 capture(s) from 2004 to 2016- http://videha.com/ भालसरिक गाछ-प्रथम मैथिली ब्लॉग / मैथिली ब्लॉगक एग्रीगेटर) केर रूपमे इन्टरनेटपर मैथिलीक प्राचीनतम उपस्थितक रूपमे विद्यमान अछि। ई मैथिलीक पहिल इंटरनेट पत्रिका थिक जकर नाम बादमे 1 जनवरी 2008 सँ "विदेह" पड़लै।इंटरनेटपर मैथिलीक प्रथम उपस्थितिक यात्रा विदेह- प्रथम मैथिली पाक्षिक ई पत्रिका धरि पहुँचल अछि,जे http://www.videha.co.in/ पर ई प्रकाशित होइत अछि। आब “भालसरिक गाछ” जालवृत्त 'विदेह' ई-पत्रिकाक प्रवक्ताक संग मैथिली भाषाक जालवृत्तक एग्रीगेटरक रूपमे प्रयुक्त भऽ रहल अछि। विदेह ई-पत्रिका ISSN 2229-547X VIDEHA (c)2000-2022। सर्वाधिकार लेखकाधीन आ जतऽ लेखकक नाम नै अछि ततऽ संपादकाधीन। विदेह- प्रथम मैथिली पाक्षिक ई-पत्रिका ISSN 2229-547X VIDEHA सम्पादक: गजेन्द्र ठाकुर। Editor: Gajendra Thakur. रचनाकार अपन मौलिक आ अप्रकाशित रचना (जकर मौलिकताक संपूर्ण उत्तरदायित्व लेखक गणक मध्य छन्हि) [email protected] केँ मेल अटैचमेण्टक रूपमेँ .doc, .docx, .rtf वा .txt फॉर्मेटमे पठा सकै छथि। एतऽ प्रकाशित रचना सभक कॉपीराइट लेखक/संग्रहकर्त्ता लोकनिक लगमे रहतन्हि। सम्पादक 'विदेह' प्रथम मैथिली पाक्षिक ई पत्रिका ऐ ई-पत्रिकामे ई-प्रकाशित/ प्रथम प्रकाशित रचनाक प्रिंट-वेब आर्काइवक/ आर्काइवक अनुवादक आ मूल आ अनूदित आर्काइवक ई-प्रकाशन/ प्रिंट-प्रकाशनक अधिकार रखैत छथि। (The Editor, Videha holds the right for print-web archive/ right to translate those archives and/ or e-publish/ print-publish the original/ translated archive). ऐ ई-पत्रिकामे कोनो रॊयल्टीक/ पारिश्रमिकक प्रावधान नै छै। तेँ रॉयल्टीक/ पारिश्रमिकक इच्छुक विदेहसँ नै जुड़थि, से आग्रह। रचनाक संग रचनाकार अपन संक्षिप्त परिचय आ अपन स्कैन कएल गेल फोटो पठेताह, से आशा करैत छी। रचनाक अंतमे टाइप रहय, जे ई रचना मौलिक अछि, आ पहिल प्रकाशनक हेतु विदेह (पाक्षिक) ई पत्रिकाकेँ देल जा रहल अछि। मेल प्राप्त होयबाक बाद यथासंभव शीघ्र ( सात दिनक भीतर) एकर प्रकाशनक अंकक सूचना देल जायत। एहि ई पत्रिकाकेँ मासक 01 आ 15 तिथिकेँ ई प्रकाशित कएल जाइत अछि। ISSN: 2229-547X © 2022 “RAJDEO MANDAL- Maithili Writer (Poet, Novelist and Short-Story Writer)" by Gajendra Thakur (in English) from Videhawww.videha.co.inArchive.

A Political History of Literature

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199095353
Total Pages : 365 pages
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Download or read book A Political History of Literature written by Pankaj Jha and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-11-20 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multilinguality gained a new impetus in North India with the influx of West Asian Muslim communities around the thirteenth century. Over a period of time, it entered everyday life as well as creative and scholarly pursuits. The fifteenth century, in particular, saw unprecedented vitality for literary practice, and the poet-scholar Vidyapati from Mithila was one of the many luminaries of the time. This volume encompasses an intimate linguistic, literary, and historical study of three of Vidyapati’s major works: a Sanskrit treatise on writing (Likhanāvalī); a celebratory biography in Apabhraṃśa (Kīrttilatā); and a collection of mythohistorical tales in Sanskrit (Puruṣaparīkṣā ). Through this examination, the author reveals a world that is marked by a range of ideas, expertise, literary tropes, ethical regimes, and historical consciousness, drawn eclectically from sources that belong to ‘diverse’ politico-cultural traditions. Using Vidyapati’s narratives, A Political History of Literature illustrates that many ideals extolled in fifteenth century literary cultures were associated with an imperial state—a state that was a century away from coming into being—and testifies that ideas incubate and get actualized in realpolitik only in the long duration.

JAGDISH PRASAD MANDAL- Maithili Writer

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Publisher : Videha eJournal ISSN 2229-547X VIDEHA (since 2004)
ISBN 13 : 939313541X
Total Pages : 81 pages
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Download or read book JAGDISH PRASAD MANDAL- Maithili Writer written by Gajendra Thakur and published by Videha eJournal ISSN 2229-547X VIDEHA (since 2004). This book was released on with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jagdish Prasad Mandal- Maithili Writer (Poet, Novelist and Short-Story Writer), (Language English), by Gajendra Thakur © Smt. Preeti Thakur CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 2 JAGDISH PRASAD MANDAL: MAITHILI WRITER (POET, NOVELIST AND SHORT-STORY WRITER) CHAPTER 3 JAGDISH PRASAD MANDAL: THE PLAYWRIGHT CHAPTER 4 FIVE SHORT STORIES BY SH. JAGDISH PRASAD MANDAL CHAPTER 5 VERSE WRITING- JAGDISH PRASAD MANDAL CHAPTER 6 THE EPILOGUE: ERA BEFORE AND AFTER: LITERARY SCENE IN MAITHILI AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF JAGDISH PRASAD MANDAL

A History of Modern Maithili Literature

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Total Pages : 388 pages
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Download or read book A History of Modern Maithili Literature written by Devakānta Jhā and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maithili Has A Long Tradition Of At Least Seven Hundred Years; Being On Centre Stage In The Whole Of North-Eastern India Including Nepal. It Has Inspired The Growth Of Literature In The Entire Region. The Present Work Endeavours To Supplement The Earlier Work By Dr. Jayakant Mishra, (Sahitya Akademi, 1976) By Updating, Elaborating And Analysing The Latest Trends; It Dwells At Length On Contemporary Literature In All Its Forms, Focusing On The Spirit Of Mithila Today. A Careful Study Of Its Salient Features Will Show How Modern Maithili Literature Is Striving To Catch Up With Other Indian Literatures. Now That Maithili Is On The National Map, The Present Work Has In Mind The General Reader Who May Not Be Conversant With The Current Growth Of Maithili.

Language Politics and Public Sphere in North India

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199091722
Total Pages : 457 pages
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Book Synopsis Language Politics and Public Sphere in North India by : Mithilesh Kumar Jha

Download or read book Language Politics and Public Sphere in North India written by Mithilesh Kumar Jha and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving beyond the existing scholarship on language politics in north India which mainly focuses on Hindi–Urdu debates, Language Politics and Public Sphere in North India examines the formation of Maithili movement in the context of expansion of Hindi as the ‘national’ language. It revisits the dynamic hierarchy through which a distinction is produced between ‘major’ and ‘minor’ languages. The movement for recognition of Maithili as an independent language has grown assertive even when the authority of Hindi is resolutely reinforced. The book also examines increasing politicization of the Maithili movement — from Hindi–Maithili ambiguities and antagonisms, to territorial consciousness, and subsequently to separate statehood demand, along with the persistent popular indifference. Mithilesh Jha examines such processes historically, tracing the formation of Maithili movement from mid-nineteenth century until its inclusion into the eighth schedule of the Indian constitution in 2003.

Status Change of Languages

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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 9783110126686
Total Pages : 568 pages
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Historical Visionary

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Publisher : One Billion Knowledgeable
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Total Pages : 212 pages
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Linguistic Survey of India

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Total Pages : 490 pages
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International Guide to Art Research Materials: Indian languages & literature

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Total Pages : 556 pages
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Download or read book International Guide to Art Research Materials: Indian languages & literature written by Biswajit Sinha and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bibliography of Ph.D theses in Indian language and literature; includes catalog of bibliographies and dictionaries.

REVISITING INDIA’S PAST

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Bihar and Mithila

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ISBN 13 : 1351997572
Total Pages : 310 pages
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Download or read book Bihar and Mithila written by J. Albert Rorabacher and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world has become obsessed with the Western notions of progress, development, and globalization, the latter a form of human and economic homogenization. These processes, through the aegis of the United Nations, are comparatively monitored. Those nations deemed to be ‘lagging behind’ are then provided with foreign aid and developmental assistance. For nearly seventy years, India has sought its place in this global endeavour; yet, even today, abject poverty and backwardness can be observed in districts in almost every state; with the highest concentration of such districts found in the state of Bihar and a cultural enclave, known as Mithila. Development in India has been elusive because it is difficult to define; and because the Western concepts of development and progress have no absolute equivalents within many non-Western settings. As a consequence, development programmes often fail because they are unable to ask the right questions, but equally important is the political economy derived from foreign aid. For politicians, there is no long-term benefit to be derived from successful development. In general, foreign aid only serves to corrupt governments and politicians and, in the end, does very little for those who need help. The struggling states of Bihar and Mithila serve as extreme examples of India‘s problems. Development here has been thwarted by a hereditary landed aristocracy supported by religion, casteism, custom, social stratification, tradition, and patterns of behaviour that can be traced back millennia. In turn, all these have been masterfully manipulated by co-opted politicians, who have turned politics into a veritable art form as this volume comprehensively demonstrates.

Theatre of Nepal and the People Who Make It

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108586120
Total Pages : 184 pages
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Download or read book Theatre of Nepal and the People Who Make It written by Carol C. Davis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-23 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theatre of Nepal and the People Who Make It is the first comprehensive look at Nepali theatre for readers outside of Nepal. Charting Nepali theatre from ancient times to the present and from the metropolis of Kathmandu to far-flung regions, this book highlights the history of formal theatre and connects it to shifting political and social conditions in the country. Sourcing extensive fieldwork, it takes us backstage to meet individual theatre makers and learn their unique attributes and stories. From these intimate glimpses and the intertwining of political history with theatrical expression, a portrait emerges that conveys the character of Nepalis who, in spite of adversities, continue to dramatize their hopes, fears, principles, and priorities through theatrical means.

Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems

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Publisher : Sahitya Akademi
ISBN 13 : 9788172013240
Total Pages : 1192 pages
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Download or read book Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems written by K. M. George and published by Sahitya Akademi. This book was released on 1992 with total page 1192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is The First Of Three-Volume Anthology Of Writings In Twenty-Two Indian Languages, Including English, That Intends To Present The Wonderful Diversities Of Themes And Genres Of Indian Literature. This Volume Comprises Representative Specimens Of Poems From Different Languages In English Translation, Along With Perceptive Surveys Of Each Literature During The Period Between 1850 And 1975.

Folklore, Religion and the Songs of a Bengali Madman

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ISBN 13 : 9004324712
Total Pages : 350 pages
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Download or read book Folklore, Religion and the Songs of a Bengali Madman written by Carola Lorea and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores historical and cultural aspects of modern and contemporary Bengal through the performance-centred study of a particular repertoire: the songs of the saint-composer Bhaba Pagla (1902-1984), who is particularly revered among Baul and Fakir singers. The author shows how songs, if examined as 'sacred scriptures', represent multi-dimensional texts for the study of South Asian religions. Revealing how previous studies about Bauls mirror the history of folkloristics in Bengal, this book presents sacred songs as a precious symbolic capital for a marginalized community of dislocated and unorthodox Hindus, who consider the practice of singing in itself an integral part of the path towards self-realization.