Bhanubhakta Ramayana

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Bhanubhakta Ramayana is a celebrated 19th-century Nepali translation and adaptation of the Hindu epic Ramayana, renowned for helping establish Nepali as a literary language.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf adaptation ⓘ
epic poem ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
translation ⓘ
adaptationType free poetic adaptation rather than literal translation ⓘ
associatedLanguageCommunity Nepali-speaking Hindus ⓘ
linked to: Nepali people
associatedWith Bhanu Jayanti celebrations ⓘ
author Bhanubhakta Acharya ⓘ
basedOn Valmiki Ramayana ⓘ
linked to: Ramayana
centuryOfComposition 19th century ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Nepal ⓘ
culturalSignificance foundational work of modern Nepali literature ⓘ
widely recited in Nepali-speaking communities ⓘ
educationalUse taught in Nepali literature curricula ⓘ
form poetry ⓘ
genre Hindu epic ⓘ
devotional literature ⓘ
religious literature ⓘ
historicalContext composed during the Rana period in Nepal ⓘ
honorificTitleOfAuthor Adikavi Bhanubhakta Acharya ⓘ
influenced development of standard written Nepali ⓘ
later Nepali religious poetry ⓘ
intendedAudience general Nepali-speaking public ⓘ
language Nepali ⓘ
languageRegister vernacular Nepali ⓘ
literaryImportance considered a classic of Nepali literature ⓘ
literaryTradition Nepali literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Hanuman ⓘ
Lakshmana ⓘ
Rama ⓘ
Ravana ⓘ
Sita ⓘ
meter traditional Nepali verse meters ⓘ
narrativeStructure follows the major episodes of the Ramayana ⓘ
notableFor helping establish Nepali as a literary language ⓘ
popularizing the Ramayana story in the Nepali language ⓘ
originalWork Ramayana ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
religiousFunction used in Hindu rituals and recitations in Nepal ⓘ
script Devanagari ⓘ
linked to: Devanagari script
theme devotion ⓘ
dharma ⓘ
good versus evil ⓘ
righteous kingship ⓘ
translator Bhanubhakta Acharya ⓘ
workStatus completed in the 19th century ⓘ

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Bhanubhakta Acharya → notableWork → Bhanubhakta Ramayana ⓘ
भानुभक्त आचार्य → notableWork → भानुभक्तीय रामायण ⓘ
linked to: Bhanubhakta Ramayana