Chandra Bharati

Chandra Bharati (1525-1578) was a 16th-century poet, litterateur and proficient of Sanskrit grammar ^[1] from Barpeta, Kamrup. The inscription on a stone slab on the hill in Rajaduar, abutting on the Brahmaputra, claims that the hill was the abode of Chandra Bharati.^[2]

Family

His wife's name was Tara Devi. Their son Bhattadeva was known as "father of Assamese prose".^[3]

See also

• Bakul Kayastha
• Bhusana Dvija

References

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