Chandravati (poet)

Chandravati চন্দ্রাবতী
Born	1550 Kishoreganj, Bengal
Died	1600 Kishoreganj, Bengal
Ethnicity	Bengali Hindu
Occupation	Poet
Religion	Hinduism
Parents	Bansidas Bhattacharya

Chandravati (Bengali: চন্দ্রাবতী) was a medieval Indian poet, widely considered as the first Bengali woman poet.

Early life

Chandravati was born to Bansidhar Bhattacharya, in circa. 1550 CE in the village of Pathabadi, in Kishoreganj. Bansidhar was a composer of Manasa's ballads known as Manasar Bhasaner Gan. According to Sambaru Chandra Mohanta, he was one of the composers of Manasamangal.

Literary works

Chandravati was the first Indian woman to compose the Ramayana in her own language. She narrated the Ramayana from Sita's point of view and criticized Rama.^[1] She however couldn't finish her work.

References

1. ^ Dev Sen, Nabaneeta. "Building A Digital Feminary". Building A Digital Feminary: Chandrabati. Liz Henry. http://www.darkshire.net/lizhenry/annotatrix/viewname.cgi?name_english=Chandrabati. Retrieved April 24, 2011.