Nepal Bhasa literature

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Nepal Bhasa literature refers to literature in Nepal Bhasa.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Some Literary Figures 2 Drama 3 Poetry 4 Prose Fiction 4.1 Story 4.2 Novel 5 Other Prose Literature 5.1 History 5.2 Philosophy 5.3 Law 5.4 Journalism 6 See also 7 External links

[edit] History

Nepal Bhasa has a long history as regards literature. It has the fourth-oldest literature of the Sino-Tibetan languages (the first, second and third being Chinese, Tibetan and Burmese respectively).

[edit] Some Literary Figures

• Jayaprakash Malla
• Siddhidas Mahaju
• Sukraraj Shastri
• Chittadhar "Hridaya"
• Siddhicharan Shrestha
• Dhooswan Sayami
• Basu Pasa
• Durga Lal Shrestha

[edit] Drama

Dramas are traditionally performed in open Dabu (stage). Most of the traditional dramas are related to deities and demons. Masked characters are central to such dramas. Music forms an important part of drama. Most of them are narrated with the help of songs sang at intervals. The drama as such resembles dance in many cases. The theme of most of the drama is to create a social wellbeing with morals illustrating the rise, turbulence and fall of evil. There are fixed dates in the Nepal Sambat (Nepal Era) calendar for performance of specific drama. Most of the dramas are carried out by specific Guthis.

[edit] Poetry

Poetry writing constituted a pompous part of medieval Malla aristrocracy. Many of the kings were well renowned poets. Siddhidas Mahaju and Chittadhar Hridaya are two great poets in the language.

[edit] Prose Fiction

[edit] Story

The art of verbal story telling is very old in Nepal Bhasa. There are a variety of mythical and social stories that have aided in establishing the norm of Kathmandu valley. Stories ranging from the origin of Kathmandu valley to the temples of the valley and the important monuments have been passed down verbally in Nepal Bhasa. Very few of them were in written form initially. Howvever, with an increase in literacy rate and an awareness amongst the people, those stories have been penned down. Stories on other topics have also taken root.

[edit] Novel

Restriction of the knowledge of alphabets to a certain caste of society during medieval era reduced the viability of leisure reading amongst masses. However, with the progressive increase in literacy after the modernization of Nepal, novel writing has increased.

[edit] Other Prose Literature

[edit] History

History literature in Nepal Bhasa dates back from Malla era. During that era, stone inscriptions were placed in important places to commemorate important events. Mention of family lines of the person instilling the inscription is also found in many cases.

[edit] Philosophy

[edit] Law

Legal literature formulated during the reign of Jayastithi Malla formulated a major part of the norm of Newar society.

[edit] Journalism

[edit] See also

• Nepal Bhasa
• Newar

[edit] External links

• layalama