Brajavali (
Assamese
Assamese may refer to:
* Assamese people, a socio-ethnolinguistic identity of north-eastern India
* People of Assam, multi-ethnic, multi-linguistic and multi-religious people of Assam
* Assamese language, one of the easternmost Indo-Aryan language ...
: ''Brôzawôli'') was a literary language used by
Sankardev (1449–1568) for some of his compositions (
Borgeets and
Ankia Naats) in the context of his Vaishnavite religion,
Ekasarana Dharma, in
Assam. Though similar languages were used in the Vaishnavite contexts in
Odisa and
Bengal, the one used in Assam was different, as it was based on
Maithili (and not
Brajbhasa), to which
Assamese
Assamese may refer to:
* Assamese people, a socio-ethnolinguistic identity of north-eastern India
* People of Assam, multi-ethnic, multi-linguistic and multi-religious people of Assam
* Assamese language, one of the easternmost Indo-Aryan language ...
is added and the native pronunciation overrides the original pronunciation of Maithili. In general, the vocables and idiomatic expressions of Brajavali were local (Assamese), while the inflectional forms were Maithili,
easily understood by the people of Assam but carrying the flavor of
Brajbhasa, the language of choice of the
Bhakti
''Bhakti'' ( sa, भक्ति) literally means "attachment, participation, fondness for, homage, faith, love, devotion, worship, purity".See Monier-Williams, ''Sanskrit Dictionary'', 1899. It was originally used in Hinduism, referring to d ...
poets.
See also
*
Brajabuli – another literary language based on Maithili
Notes
References
*
Languages of Assam
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