Language & Literature

अंगिका – कवि और लेखक (Angika – Poets & Authors) – Ancient Period

Ancient Period to Pre-independence era Authors and Poets of Angika Period 800 A.D. : Saraha or Sarahpa,Shabrapa or Shabreshwar. Period 900 A.D. : Charptipa or Pachreepa,Dhampa or Dhrmpa or Gundripa, Mekopa. Period 1000 A.D. : Deepankar Shrigyan Atish (Birth year:980AD) Period 1100 A.D. : Champkapa, Chelukapa, Jayanantpa(Jayanandipa), Nirgunpa, Luchikapa. Period 1200 A.D. : Putulipa. Period 1700 A.D. : Kifayat (Shekh). Period 1800 A.D. : Jagganath(Jagarnath Ram), Vedanand Singh.

अंगिका – कवि और लेखक (Angika – Poets & Authors) – Overview

Angika Literature today means literature produced by Poets and Authors of Angika language begining in the ancient past to what is written today. The rich tradition of Angika literature spans a probable minimum period of about 1300years(When it is counted from 800A.D. when first clear evidence of availability of Sarah's written form of literature in Angika or Apbramsha is found)to a probable maximum period of 4000years (When it is counted from the year when the first Indian literature in Vedic Sanskrit was found to be existed).This period may be longer than the supposed one. Authors and Poets of Angika may be categorised mainly in two groups: (a) Ancient Period to Preindependence era (b) Post independence era

अंगिका साहित्य – प्राचीन साहित्य (Angika Sahitya – Prachin Sahitya)

Kavi Saraha was the first poet of Angika, whose poetry are available in written form.Â Poems were written by him in 800 A.D. Sarah's famous "Doha Kosha" was written in Angika Language. He Wrote 36 books in Angika. Sarah is also considered as the first poet of Hindi language whose poetry is available in written forms (this fact is not proved yet).

अंगिका साहित्य – वर्तमान परिदृश्य (Angika Sahitya – Present Scenario)

Presently hundreds of standard books and thousands of articles are available in Angika language. Ang Madhuri, a monthly magazine of Angika language is being published by Dr. Naresh Pandey Chakore regularly for the last 39 years. Angika is being taught in Tilkamanjhi University of Bihar state at Graduation and Post Graduation Levels.

अंगिका भाषा (Angika – The Language of Anga)

Angika (अंगिका) is a language spoken in Eastern Part of Bihar, Santhal Praganas of Jharkhand and Maldah District of West Bengal. Angika is an Indo-Aryan of the Anga region of India, a 58,000 km2 area approx. that falls within the states of Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. Angika is spoken in most of the Metros of India like Mumbai, Delhi, Calcutta, and Bangalore, most of the industrial cities of India like Durgapur, Vadodara, Surat, Patna, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Bokaro and other parts of the country. Besides India, Angika is also spoken in Terai region of Nepal, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia, and other Southeast Asian countries. A sizable Angika speaking population migrated in other countries such as the Gulf, United States and the United Kingdom. Angika is spoken by more than 30 million of the Indian population ((As per 2001 Census and as per the statement given in Indian Parliament by Shri Subodh Roy Member of Parliament of India which is available in PARLIAMENTRY PROCE…