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Pather Panchali. (novel) Pather Panchali ( Bengali: পথের পাঁচালী, Pôther Pãchali; transl. Song of the Little Road [1]) is a 1929 novel written by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay and was later adapted into a 1955 film of the same name by Satyajit Ray. Considered to be one of the greatest literary works describing rural life ...
The metrical text is in Sanskrit, is dated to the 1st to 3rd century CE, and presents itself as a discourse given by Manu (Svayambhuva) and Bhrigu on dharma topics such as duties, rights, laws, conduct, virtues and others. The text's influence had historically spread outside India. The text influenced Hindu kingdoms in Cambodia and Indonesia.
Thakurmar Jhuli ( Bengali: ঠাকুরমার ঝুলি; Grandmother's Bag [of tales]) is a collection of Bengali folk tales and fairy tales. The author Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumder collected some folktales of Bengali and published some of them under the name of " Thakurmar Jhuli " in 1907 (1314 of Bengali calendar ). The Nobel ...
Tipiṭaka ( Pāli ), or Tripiṭaka (Sanskrit: त्रिपिटक), means "Three Baskets". [1] It is a compound Pāli word ti or Sanskrit word of tri (त्रि), meaning "three", and piṭaka (पिटक) or piṭa (पिट), meaning "basket". [1] The "three baskets" were originally the receptacles of the palm-leaf manuscripts on ...
1917–1920. Unit. 49th Bengalee Regiment. Battles/wars. World War I. Mesopotamian campaign. Mahbubul Alam ( Bengali: মাহ্বুব-উল আলম, pronounced [maɦbubul alɔm]; 1 May 1898 – 7 August 1981) was a Bangladeshi writer, journalist, historian, soldier, and civil servant. [1] He won Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1965 ...
Bratachari movement. The Bratachari movement (from vrata in Bengali meaning vow Bengali: ব্রতচারী আন্দোলন) was a movement for spiritual and social improvement in India initiated by Gurusaday Dutt in 1932. [1] The movement aimed to raise the self-esteem and national awareness of people of undivided India regardless ...
Sadhu bhasha ( Bengali: সাধু ভাষা, romanized : Sādhu bhāṣā, lit. 'Chaste language') or Sanskritised Bengali was a historical literary register of the Bengali language most prominently used in the 19th to 20th centuries during the Bengali Renaissance. Sadhu-bhasha was used only in writing, unlike Cholito-bhasa, the ...
Nine Noble Virtues. The Nine Noble Virtues, NNV, or 9NV are two sets of moral and situational ethical guidelines within certain groupings of Heathens, typically those with folkish views such as Odinists and members of the Ásatrú Folk Assembly (AFA). One set was codified by former member of Sir Oswald Mosley 's British Union of Fascists and ...