Krishnagatha

Krishnagatha is a poem written in Malayalam language;[1] it belongs to the poetic form Gatha. The author of the poem is believed to be Cherusseri Namboothiri, who lived in Cherusseri near Vatakara in Kerala, India. It deals with the story of Krishna.[2]

Topic

The poem depicts the stories of Krishna from his birth to ascension. It describes the story as in Bhagavata. It consists of forty-seven stories.

Features

It was written in Malayalam language, at a time when literary works were usually written in Sanskrit or Tamil.

The poem gives importance to rhyme in second letters and third letters. It has some words and phrases which are no longer used in the Malayalam language. It also contains ancient forms of some proverbs.

It uses most of the figure of speeches in Sanskrit language, like Upama, Ulpreksha and Rupakam. The poem is written in the metre Manjari.

gollark: But how?
gollark: It isn't exactly very sensible to just convince yourself of the afterlife idea regardless of truth because it's more convenient mentally if you do so.
gollark: It isn't very meaningful to just say "this is what happens in the real world if you die" and call it the afterlife.
gollark: No it doesn't. You won't actually *experience* that.
gollark: Have you tried something something mental health support?

References
  1. Judy Wakabayashi; Rita Kothari (2009). Decentering Translation Studies: India and Beyond. John Benjamins Publishing. pp. 43–. ISBN 90-272-2430-7.
  2. "Krishnagatha". Kerala study centre.


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