Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Saptakanda Ramayana is the 14th century Assamese version of the Ramayana attributed to the poet Madhava Kandali. It is considered to be the first translation from the Sanskrit to a modern regional Indo-Aryan language. This work is also considered one of the earliest written examples of the Assamese language.A particular feature of this work is the non-heroic portrayal of Rama, Sita, and other characters, as explicitly stated by Madhav Kandali himself, which rendered the work unsuitable for religious purposes. This feature disturbed a later poet, Ananta Kandali, who was moved enough to comment on it. The first (Adikanda) and the last (Uttarakanda) cantos of the Madhava Kandali's work was lost, and were later inserted by Madhavdeva and Sankardeva respectively in the 16th century. This work has been translated into the English language.. }
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- Saptakanda_Ramayana abstract "Saptakanda Ramayana is the 14th century Assamese version of the Ramayana attributed to the poet Madhava Kandali. It is considered to be the first translation from the Sanskrit to a modern regional Indo-Aryan language. This work is also considered one of the earliest written examples of the Assamese language.A particular feature of this work is the non-heroic portrayal of Rama, Sita, and other characters, as explicitly stated by Madhav Kandali himself, which rendered the work unsuitable for religious purposes. This feature disturbed a later poet, Ananta Kandali, who was moved enough to comment on it. The first (Adikanda) and the last (Uttarakanda) cantos of the Madhava Kandali's work was lost, and were later inserted by Madhavdeva and Sankardeva respectively in the 16th century. This work has been translated into the English language.".