Main article: Hindi literature The beginnings of Hindi literature can be traced to the Prakrits of classical Sanskrit plays. Tulasidas's Ramacharitamanas attained wide popularity. Modern litterateurs include Jaishankar Prasad, Sumitranandan Pant, Maithili Sharan Gupta, Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', Mahadevi Varma, Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayana 'Ajneya' and Munshi Premchand. ...

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See also: List of Hindi and Urdu authors Sarahapa or Saraha (769-), author of Doha-Kosha Devasena, author of Devasena Shravakachara (933) Shalibhadra, author of Bharateshwar Bahubali Ras (1184) Jagnika, author of Parmal Raso (Chandella period) Chand Bardai (1148-1191), author of Prathviraj Raso Shalibhadra Suri, author of Bhareshshvar-Bahubali Ras in 1184. Ami ...

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Hindi literature started as religious and philosophical poetry in medieval periods in dialects like Avadhi and Brij. The most famous figures from this period are Kabir and Tulsidas. In modern times, the Khadi dialect became more prominent and a variety of literature was produced in Sanskrit. Chandrakanta, written by Devaki Nandan Khatri, is considered to be the first work of prose in Hindi. Munshi Premchand was the most famous Hindi novelist. The chhayavadi poets include Surya kant tripathi "Nirala", Jaishankar Pr ...

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Hindi (हिन्दी hindī) is an Indo-European language spoken mainly in North, Central India and Western India. It is part of a dialect continuum of the Indo-Aryan family, bounded on the northwest and west by Panjābī, Sindhī, and Gujarātī; on the south by Marāthī; on the southeast by Orīya; on the east by Bengālī; and on the north by Nepālī. Hindi also refers to a standardized register of Hindustani that was made one of the official languages of India. The grammatical descript ...

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• Hindi - Consonants
• Hindi - Borrowed sounds
• Hindi - Writing system
• Hindi - Grammar
• Hindi - Word order
• Hindi - Common tenses and aspect
• Hindi - Case
• Hindi - Literature
• Hindi - Common difficulties faced in learning Hindi

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Urdu (اردو) is an Indo-European language of the Indo-Aryan family which developed under Persian, Turkish, and Arabic influence in the South Asia during the time of the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire (1200-1800). Taken by itself, Urdu is approximately the twentieth most populous natively spoken language in the world, and is the national language of Pakistan as well as one of the 24 national languages of India. However, Urdu is often considered to be part of a wider Hindustani la ...

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Chhayavaad refers to the romantic upsurge in the Hindi literature particularly poetry, which began in early 19th century. Jaishankar Prasad, Suryakant Tripathi Nirala, Sumitranandan Pant and Mahadevi Varma are considered as the four pillars of Chhayavaadi school of Hindi literature. Jaishankar Prasad's Kamayani is considered as the first magnum opus of this school. ...

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Awadhi is an Indian language, often considered a dialect of Hindi, spoken in the Awadh (Oudh) region of Uttar Pradesh. Its speakers are also found in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi and Nepal. It is the dialect in which the Raamcharitmaanas of Tulsidaas and other important works of Hindi literature are written. It is spoken by at least 2,000,000 people. See also. Languages of India List of national languages of India List of Indian languages by total speakers ...

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Bundeli is a Western Hindi language (often considered a dialect of Hindi) spoken in the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh and Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh. In medieval period, some literature was available in this language but most of the speakers preferred Braj as the literary language. ...

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Braj, though never a clearly defined political region in India, is considered to be the land of Krishna and is derived from the Sanksrit word vraja. Thus, Brajbhasa is the language of Braj (often considered a dialect of Hindi), and it was the language of choice of the Bhakti movement, or the neo-Vaishnavite religions, the central deity of which was Krishna. Therefore, most of the literature in this language pert ...

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Nag. For definition of the acronym NAG and word nag see Wiktionary For Nag a surface to surface, anti-tank missile see Nag Missile. In Hindi Nag means a Cobra. This use of the word is responsible for the names of several cobras in literature. Nag (Jungle Books) in the Rudyard Kipling story "Rikki Tikki Tavi". Nagaina (Jungle Books), a feminine version, is the name of the second cobra in the same story. Nagini is the

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Hanuman Chalisa (Hindi: हनुमान चालीसा Forty chaupais on Hanuman) is Tulsidas' most famous and read piece of literature apart from the Ramacharitamanasa, a poem primarily praising Hanuman. Although it is not one of his best poems, it has gained enormous popularity among the modern-day Hindus. Many of them recite it as a prayer every week, generally on Tuesdays. Hanuman Chalisa - Text. दोहा श्र ...

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This article is in need of attention. You can help Wikipedia by editing it into a better article. Please also consider changing this notice to be more specific. Western literature refers to the literature of the Indo-European languages, as well as several languages geographically or historically related to the Indo-European languages (Basque, Hungarian, and so forth). Western literature is conside ...

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Ravi may refer to: Ravi (god), a Hindu solar deity. Ravi (music director), a Hindi music director. Ravi (Last Name), Last Name, Spelled as "RAVEE". Predominantly from the Andhra Pradesh Region of India. Ravi is also a short name for names like 'Ravindranath", "Ravichander", "Ravinder", "Ravindra", "Ravikanth". Ravindranath Tagore (Ravi) was a nobel laurette for literature from India. He is best known for this work Geetanjali. Ravi River Sri Sri Ravi Shankar�

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Chowdhury (variously spelt) a Sanskrit and Hindi term literally meaning 'a holder of four', the explanation of which is obscure. In other parts of India, a Chowdhury was a headman of a village or headman of a profession or trade in town. In Cuttack, Chowdhury was a revenue officer of a district. Chowdhurys of Punjab and Haryana are mostly Jatts. In Bengal, Chowdhury is found in the medieval literature as a landholder and sometimes a revenue officer. Under Alauddin Khalji, a Chowdhury was a revenue officer next to muqaddam. During Mugh

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Anant Nag is an actor and politician from Karnataka, India. In addition to Kannada language movies, he has acted in Marathi, Malayalam and Hindi movies. He has also acted in a teleserial - Malgudi Days, based on the stories in the fictional town of Malgudi created by R.K.Narayan. It was directed by his brother, Shankar Nag. Anant Nag's best performance in Malayalam can be cited from the 1983 movie 'Swathi Thirunal' where he played the role of the legendary king of ancient kerala who was a great patron of arts,music and literature.His

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An amah (Chinese:阿嬤, Portuguese:ama, Medieval Latin:amma ; or ayah Hindi:āyā, Portuguese:aia, Latin:avia) is a woman employed by a family to clean, look after children, etc. This word is particularly common in East Asia and India (ayah, though, is a more common variant). It has been part of the Cantonese prevailing in Hong Kong, having a similar meaning to "maid" or "wet nurse". The more "politically correct" term for maid, instead of "amah", in recent years (since about the mid nineties), is "helper". In Taiwan and Northern China, this word, or rather a slang in recent days, ...

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Brij Bhasha, also called Braj Bhasha, Braj Bhakha, or Daihaati Zabaan (country tongue), is a Central Indo-Aryan language closely related to Hindi. In fact it is usually considered to be a dialect of Hindi, and was the predominant literary dialect before the switch to Khariboli in the 19th century. It is spoken by more than 42,000 people in the nebulously defined region of Braj Bhoomi, which was a political state in the era of the Mahabharata wars. According to ancient Hindu texts such as the Shrimad Bhagavatam, th ...

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Please remove this notice after the article has been expanded. Details are on this talk page or at Wikipedia:Requests for expansion. The term Apabhramsha refers to the dialects of North India before the rise of modern North Indian languages. The term apabhramsha implies a corrupt or non-standard language. The term Prakrit (which includes Pali) is used for the popular dialects of India which were spoken until 4-8th century. They gradually transformed into Apabhramshas which were used until about 13th century. Apabramshas evolved into m ...

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Viswantha Satyanarayana (1895-1976), popularly known as the Kavi Samraat or the emperor of poetry, was a modern Telugu poet. He was born in the village of Nandamuru, Andhra Pradesh, India. Viswanatha was a disciple of the "Tirupati Venkata Kavulu" duo. Viswanatha's style of poetry was classical in nature and his popular works include Ramayana Kalpa Vrikshamu (A resourceful tree called Ramayana), Kinnersani patalau (Mermaid songs) and Veyipadagalu (A thousand hooded snake ...

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