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'''Rashsundari Devi''' ( | '''Rassundari Devi''' ({{lang-bn|রাসসুন্দরী দেবী}}) (1809-1899) was a Bengali woman who is identified as the author of first full-fledged [[Autobiographical novel|autobiography]]<ref>{{cite web|author=Deepa Bandopadhyay|title=নারীর লেখা নারীর wr কথা|url=http://www.kaliokalam.com/2012/12/01/%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519090732/http://www.kaliokalam.com/2012/12/01/%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE/|archive-date=2015-05-19}}</ref> in modern [[Bengali literature]]. She is among the earliest woman writers in Bengali literature. | ||
Rashsundari Devi was born in [[Bengal Presidency|Eastern Bengal]] and was the first Indian woman to write an autobiography and the first Bengali to write an autobiography.{{Citation needed|date=March 2017}} ''[[Aamar Jiban]]'' (''My Life''), her autobiography, was published in 1876.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u297RJP9gvwC&q=tharu+lalita+women+writing+in+india|title=Women Writing in India: 600 B.C. to the early twentieth century|last1=Tharu|first1=Susie J.|last2=Lalita|first2=Ke|date=1991-01-01|publisher=Feminist Press at CUNY|isbn=9781558610279|pages=190|language=en}}</ref> | |||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Rasssundari Devi was born in 1809 in the village of Potajia, in [[Pabna]] district.<ref name=":0" /> Her father, Padmalochan Roy, died when Rasssundari was a small child. She never saw her father and was raised by her mother and relatives. Formal education was not given to girls of the time. She used to be around a boy's school run by a missionary woman in her father's house. By listening to the lessons going on at school Rasssundari learned the letters of the [[Bengali language|Bengali]] language. | |||
At age 12 she married Sitanath Sarkar from Ramdia village, Rajbari, [[Faridpur District|Faridpur]].<ref>{{cite web|author=ফরিদ আহমেদ| title=পিঞ্জরাবদ্ধ এক বিহঙ্গীর ডানা ঝাপটানোর গল্প।|url=http://mukto-mona.com/bangla_blog/?p=37932}}</ref> She was a religious [[Vaishnavite]] by faith. With limited formal schooling, she learned to read driven by [[Bhakti]] (devotion), out of her keen desire to read ''Valmiki Purana'' and [[Chaitanya Bhagavata|''Chaitanya Bhagavata'']].{{Citation needed|date=March 2017}} She learned how to read and write in the flickering light of candles at night. She bore 12 children, of whom 7 died early. Her husband died in 1868.<ref>{{cite book |last=Amin |first=Sonia |year=2003 |chapter=Dasi, Rassundari |chapter-url=http://banglapedia.org/HT/D_0051.HTM |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=First |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080316055526/http://banglapedia.org/HT/D_0051.HTM |archive-date=16 March 2008}}</ref> Her son Kishori Lal Sarkar became an advocate at [[Calcutta High Court]] and is the author of several noteworthy works.<ref>''Hindu system of moral science'' (1895, 3rd revised and enlarged ed. 1912), ''Hindu system of religious science and art, or the revelations of rationalism and emotionalism'' (1898), ''Hindu system of self-culture of the Patanjala Yoga Shastra'' (1902), ''Mimansa rules of interpretation as applied to Hindu law'' (1909), ''An introduction to the Hindu system of physics, being an exposition of Kanad-Sûtras relating to the subject'' (1911).</ref> Rassundari died in 1899.{{Citation needed|date=November 2019}}. | |||
At age 12 she married Sitanath Sarkar from Ramdia village, Rajbari, [[Faridpur District|Faridpur]].<ref>{{ | |||
==Writings== | ==Writings== | ||
In 1876 Rassundari's autobiography ''Amar Jiban'' (''My Life'') was published. The book is in two parts, the first of which, consisting of sixteen shorter compositions narrated her autobiography. The second part, published in 1906, contained fifteen shorter compositions, each repceded by a dedicatory poem.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u297RJP9gvwC&q=tharu+lalita+women+writing+in+india|title=Women Writing in India: 600 B.C. to the early twentieth century|last1=Tharu|first1=Susie J.|last2=Lalita|first2=Ke|date=1991-01-01|publisher=Feminist Press at CUNY|isbn=9781558610279|pages=191|language=en}}</ref> | In 1876 Rassundari's autobiography ''[[Aamar Jiban|Amar Jiban]]'' (''My Life'') was published. The book is in two parts, the first of which, consisting of sixteen shorter compositions narrated her autobiography. The second part, published in 1906, contained fifteen shorter compositions, each repceded by a dedicatory poem.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u297RJP9gvwC&q=tharu+lalita+women+writing+in+india|title=Women Writing in India: 600 B.C. to the early twentieth century|last1=Tharu|first1=Susie J.|last2=Lalita|first2=Ke|date=1991-01-01|publisher=Feminist Press at CUNY|isbn=9781558610279|pages=191|language=en}}</ref> | ||
[[Jyotirindranath Tagore]] praised the book for the 'wonderful train of events' and its 'simple sweetness' of expression.{{Citation needed|date=March 2017}} [[Dinesh Chandra Sen]] called her [[prose]] an 'epitome of simple prose compositions of the bygone era'.<ref>{{cite book|author=Dinesh Chandra Sen|title=Vanga Sahitya Parichaya or Selections from the Bengali Literature: Volume II| location=Calcutta}}</ref> Her book was translated into Hindi as ''Mera Jeevan''.{{Citation needed|date=March 2017}} | [[Jyotirindranath Tagore]] praised the book for the 'wonderful train of events' and its 'simple sweetness' of expression.{{Citation needed|date=March 2017}} [[Dinesh Chandra Sen]] called her [[prose]] an 'epitome of simple prose compositions of the bygone era'.<ref>{{cite book|author=Dinesh Chandra Sen|title=Vanga Sahitya Parichaya or Selections from the Bengali Literature: Volume II| location=Calcutta}}</ref> Her book was translated into [[Hindi]] as ''Mera Jeevan''.{{Citation needed|date=March 2017}} | ||
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Rassundari Devi (Bengali: রাসসুন্দরী দেবী) (1809-1899) was a Bengali woman who is identified as the author of first full-fledged autobiography[1] in modern Bengali literature. She is among the earliest woman writers in Bengali literature.
Rashsundari Devi was born in Eastern Bengal and was the first Indian woman to write an autobiography and the first Bengali to write an autobiography.[citation needed] Aamar Jiban (My Life), her autobiography, was published in 1876.[2]
Biography[edit | edit source]
Rasssundari Devi was born in 1809 in the village of Potajia, in Pabna district.[2] Her father, Padmalochan Roy, died when Rasssundari was a small child. She never saw her father and was raised by her mother and relatives. Formal education was not given to girls of the time. She used to be around a boy's school run by a missionary woman in her father's house. By listening to the lessons going on at school Rasssundari learned the letters of the Bengali language.
At age 12 she married Sitanath Sarkar from Ramdia village, Rajbari, Faridpur.[3] She was a religious Vaishnavite by faith. With limited formal schooling, she learned to read driven by Bhakti (devotion), out of her keen desire to read Valmiki Purana and Chaitanya Bhagavata.[citation needed] She learned how to read and write in the flickering light of candles at night. She bore 12 children, of whom 7 died early. Her husband died in 1868.[4] Her son Kishori Lal Sarkar became an advocate at Calcutta High Court and is the author of several noteworthy works.[5] Rassundari died in 1899.[citation needed].
Writings[edit | edit source]
In 1876 Rassundari's autobiography Amar Jiban (My Life) was published. The book is in two parts, the first of which, consisting of sixteen shorter compositions narrated her autobiography. The second part, published in 1906, contained fifteen shorter compositions, each repceded by a dedicatory poem.[6]
Jyotirindranath Tagore praised the book for the 'wonderful train of events' and its 'simple sweetness' of expression.[citation needed] Dinesh Chandra Sen called her prose an 'epitome of simple prose compositions of the bygone era'.[7] Her book was translated into Hindi as Mera Jeevan.[citation needed]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Deepa Bandopadhyay. "নারীর লেখা নারীর wr কথা". Archived from the original on 2015-05-19.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tharu, Susie J.; Lalita, Ke (1991-01-01). Women Writing in India: 600 B.C. to the early twentieth century. Feminist Press at CUNY. p. 190. ISBN 9781558610279.
- ↑ ফরিদ আহমেদ. "পিঞ্জরাবদ্ধ এক বিহঙ্গীর ডানা ঝাপটানোর গল্প।".
- ↑ Amin, Sonia (2003). "Dasi, Rassundari". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (First ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. Archived from the original on 16 March 2008.
- ↑ Hindu system of moral science (1895, 3rd revised and enlarged ed. 1912), Hindu system of religious science and art, or the revelations of rationalism and emotionalism (1898), Hindu system of self-culture of the Patanjala Yoga Shastra (1902), Mimansa rules of interpretation as applied to Hindu law (1909), An introduction to the Hindu system of physics, being an exposition of Kanad-Sûtras relating to the subject (1911).
- ↑ Tharu, Susie J.; Lalita, Ke (1991-01-01). Women Writing in India: 600 B.C. to the early twentieth century. Feminist Press at CUNY. p. 191. ISBN 9781558610279.
- ↑ Dinesh Chandra Sen. Vanga Sahitya Parichaya or Selections from the Bengali Literature: Volume II. Calcutta.