Author | Michael Madhusudan Dutt |
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Original title | মেঘনাদবধ কাব্য |
Translator | Clinton B. Seely |
Language | Bengali |
Genre | Epic poem |
Publication date | 1861 |
Publication place | British India |
Original text | মেঘনাদবধ কাব্য at Bangla Wikisource |
Meghnad Badh Kavya (Bengali: মেঘনাদবধ কাব্য; English: The Slaying of Meghnada) is a Bengali epic poem by Michael Madhusudan Dutta. Regarded as a central work in Bengali literature and Dutta's greatest literary work as well as the finest epic in Bengali literature and also as one of the greatest works of world literature.[1] Meghnad Badh Kavya is based on the demise of Meghnad (a.k.a. Indrajit), son of Ravana, the king of Lanka in the classic Sanskrit epic Ramayana.[2][3]
The poem is divided into 9 cantos.[4] Each part exhibits different incidents. Starting from the death of Beerbahu, son of Ravana, it is continued till the sati-daha (the ancient Indian custom of burning the widows alive with the dead husband) of Prameela, Meghnad's beloved wife.
The poem starts with the lines:
সম্মুখ সমরে পড়ি, বীর-চূড়ামণি |
The great hero, being defeated in a face-to-face battle, |
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