Dharmamangal

The Dharmamangalkavya (Template:Lang-bn) is an important sub-genre of mangalkavya, the most significant genre of medieval Bengali literature. The texts belonging to this sub-genre eulogize Dharmathakur, a folk deity worshipped in the Rarh region of Bengal. According to tradition, the earliest poet of Dharmamangal was Mayura Bhatta.^[1] Most significant poets of this sub-genre were Rupram Chakrabarty (17th century) and Ghanaram Chakrabarty (17th-18th century). Other poets of Dharmamangal include Khelaram Chakrabarty and Manikram Ganguli. The texts of the Dharmamangal comprise two narratives, the narrative of the Puranic king Harishchandra and the narrative of exploits of an early medieval folk hero of Bengal, Lausen.

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^ Mukherjee, Sujit (1999). A Dictionary of Indian Literature. Vol. Vol.I. Hyderabad: Orient Longman. p. 94. ISBN 81 250 1453 5. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)

[1] Mukherjee, Sujit (1999). A Dictionary of Indian Literature. Vol. Vol.I. Hyderabad: Orient Longman. p. 94. ISBN 81 250 1453 5. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)

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