Madhava Kandali: the first regional Ramayana, with a human Rama

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Assam's first Ramayana lost its first and last books, so two saints rewrote them.

Madhava Kandali's Saptakanda Ramayana (14th century, Assamese) was commissioned by King Mahamanikya, and is among the first translations into an Indo-Aryan vernacular. It treats Rama and Sita as humans with weaknesses. Its first and last books were lost by the 15th century, supplied later by Madhavdev (Adikanda) and Sankardeva (Uttarakanda).

Who: Madhava Kandali, Mahamanikya, Sankardeva, Madhavdev

Places: Assam

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regional-literary · Wikipedia: Saptakanda Ramayana

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