Moropant
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Moreshwar Ramji Paradkar (Devanagari
: मोरेश्वर रामजी पराडकर) (1729–1794), popularly known in Maharashtra
as Moropant (मोरोपंत) or Mayur Pandit (मयूर पंडित), was a Marathi
poet who was the last among those classified by Marathi literary scholars as pandit (पंडित) poets. (Mukteshwar, Vaman Pandit, Raghunath Pandit
, and Shridhar were other prominent pandit poets.)
Moropant had planned to write 108 Ramayan-s, but the actual number written by him comes to 94-95. Some of the versions probably cover only a stanza or two or five. He wrote Niroshhth Ramayan, which eschews all consonants of pa-varga. Since labial or oshhthya consonants are absent, it is called Nirishhtha Ramayan. Some versions were dedicated to a single poetic metre, like Vibudhapriya-Ramayan and Panch-chaamara Ramayan.
Hhe is most famous for his mastery over Arya (आर्या) and Pruthvi (पृथ्वी) chhanda-s.
Kekavali was his last major work, which he finished in early 1790s.
The following are some of the works of Moropant:
Devanagari
Devanagari |deva]]" and "nāgarī" ), also called Nagari , is an abugida alphabet of India and Nepal...
: मोरेश्वर रामजी पराडकर) (1729–1794), popularly known in Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
as Moropant (मोरोपंत) or Mayur Pandit (मयूर पंडित), was a Marathi
Marathi people
The Marathi people or Maharashtrians are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, that inhabit the Maharashtra region and state of western India. Their language Marathi is part of the southern group of Indo-Aryan languages...
poet who was the last among those classified by Marathi literary scholars as pandit (पंडित) poets. (Mukteshwar, Vaman Pandit, Raghunath Pandit
Raghunath Pandit
Raghunath Pandit was a Marathi poet who was active around the year 1800.Marathi poetry went through a phase where text drew heavily on religious mythology and was dominated by language influenced by Sanskrit, a language which few in contemporary times understand. This literature is called...
, and Shridhar were other prominent pandit poets.)
Moropant had planned to write 108 Ramayan-s, but the actual number written by him comes to 94-95. Some of the versions probably cover only a stanza or two or five. He wrote Niroshhth Ramayan, which eschews all consonants of pa-varga. Since labial or oshhthya consonants are absent, it is called Nirishhtha Ramayan. Some versions were dedicated to a single poetic metre, like Vibudhapriya-Ramayan and Panch-chaamara Ramayan.
Hhe is most famous for his mastery over Arya (आर्या) and Pruthvi (पृथ्वी) chhanda-s.
Kekavali was his last major work, which he finished in early 1790s.
The following are some of the works of Moropant:
- Aryabaharat (आर्याभारत) (17,170 Arya couplets, plus two : one quatrain in Shardulvikridit, one in Arya-geeti)
- Marathi Ramayan (रामायण) (16,000 couplets)
- Arya-Kekavali (आर्याकेकावली, in Arya metre; this one should not be confused with his more famous Kekavali)
- Mantrabhagawat (मंत्रभागवत) (3,592 couplets)
- Krushnavijay (कृष्णविजय) (3,669 couplets)
- Harivamsha (हरिवंश) (5,444 couplets)
- Brahmottarakhand (ब्रह्मोत्तरखंड) (1,200 couplets)
- Kekavali (केकावली, 121 quatrains in पृथ्वी, and the last one in Sragdhara; his last major work)
- Samshaya-Ratnamala (संशय-रत्नमाला)
- Satigeet (सतीगीत)