Badmash Darpan (

Bhojpuri Bhojpuri may refer to: * Bhojpuri language, an Indo-Aryan language of India and Nepal * Bhojpuri grammar, grammatical rules of the language * Bhojpuri nouns, nouns of the language * Bhojpuri people, people who speak the language * Bhojpuri region ...

: 𑂥𑂠𑂧𑂰𑂬 𑂠𑂩𑂹𑂣𑂝) is a Bhojpuri book written by Teg Ali Teg, which is a collection of

Ghazals ''Ghazal'' is a form of amatory poem or ode, originating in Arabic poetry that often deals with topics of spiritual and romantic love. It may be understood as a poetic expression of both the pain of loss, or separation from the beloved, and t ...

. The works are centered about the customs and traditions of Benaras. It is one of the oldest book published and Bhojpuri and first collection of Ghazals in Bhojpuri. The book was published in 1885 from Bharat Jiwan Press as was a collection of 23 Ghazals.

Content and themes

There are 23 ghazals in the book, out of which 22 have

Radif In Persian poetry, Persian, Turkic, and Urdu poetry, Urdu ghazals, the ''radīf'' (from Arabic ; ; ; ; ; ) is the word which must end each line of the first couplet and the second line of all the following couplets. It is preceded by a ''qafiya'' ...

, 21 have ''makta'' and every ghazals have ''matla''. All the ghazals have three following Behers: * Behere Mujare AkhrabbMakfuf Mahfuz * Bahere Ramal Musamman Makhbun Mahfuz * Behere Mujas Musamman Makhbun Mahfuz

References

Indian poetry collections Bhojpuri literature {{India-book-stub