Kabikankan Mukundaram Chakrabarti

Kabikankan Mukundaram Chakrabarti was a 16th-century Bengali poet who is best known for writing the epic poem Chandimangal, which is considered one of the most prominent works of Mangalkavya, one of the most important sub-genres of medieval Bengali literature.[1]

Early life

Mukundaram Chakrabarti was born to Hriday Mishra and Doiboki the village of Damunya in present-day Bardhaman. He was forced to leave his ancestral home due to the oppression of the zamindar of the region and seek refuge in the home of Raghunath Rai, in the village of Adra in Mednipur where he was employed as a tutor.[2] In Adra, he composed the Chandimangal-kavya, which earned him the title of Kabikankan.[3]

Chandimangal
Main article: Chandimangal

His most celebrated work Chandimangal, is a commentary on the socio-political scene in medieval Bengal. He describes his own travels and hardships while taking refuge in behind the story of Kallaketu, a poor hunter and Dhanpati, a wealthy merchant and their wives both of whom get trapped in hardships and are subsequently rescued by Abhaya or Chandi, both of whom are folk goddesses. The Chandimangal provides a rich and detailed account of the complex social structures present in medieval Bengal.[4]

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References
  1. Datta, Amaresh (1987). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 978-81-260-1803-1.
  2. O’malley, L. S. S. (1995). Bengal District Gazetteers – Midnapore.
  3. বাংলা সাহিত্যের ইতিহাস, প্রথম খন্ড, সুকুমার সেন, আনন্দ পাবলিশার্স।
  4. Chakrabarti, Kunal; Chakrabarti, Shubhra (2013-08-22). Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis. Scarecrow Press. pp. 120–121. ISBN 978-0-8108-8024-5.
  • Chakravarti, Kavikankan Mukundaram (2015-03-15). Chandimangal. Penguin UK. ISBN 978-93-5214-000-8.
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