Devakshara Charita

Devakshara Charita
Devakshara Charita
Written by	Ramdatta Shukla
Date premiered	1884
Subject	Supremacy of Devanagari over Persian
Genre	Theatre

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Devakshara Charita or Devakshar Charitra (Bhojpuri: 𑂠𑂵𑂫𑂰𑂍𑂹𑂓𑂩 𑂒𑂩𑂱𑂞; IAST: Devākṣarcarita; Transl.: The Character of the Divine Alphabet) is a Bhojpuri play by Ramdatta Shukla which was written in 1884,^[1] which is also considered as first published drama of Bhojpuri.^[2] This play was written to emphasize the supremacy of the Devanagari script and to highlight the drawbacks of Urdu script.^[3]^[4] It was written and published in 1884 from lite press, Varanasi.^{[citation needed]}

References[edit]

↑ Grierson, G. A. (1903). Linguistic Survey of India, Vol. V, Part II.
↑ Jain, Dinesh (26 July 2007). The Indo-Aryan Languages. p. 519. ISBN 978-1135797119.
↑ Bihar District Gazetteers: Shahabad. p. 130.
↑ Fishman, Joshua A. (1993). The Earliest Stage of Language Planning: The "first Congress" Phenomenon. p. 119. ISBN 3110135302.

[1] Grierson, G. A. (1903). Linguistic Survey of India, Vol. V, Part II.

[2] Jain, Dinesh (26 July 2007). The Indo-Aryan Languages. p. 519. ISBN 978-1135797119.

[3] Bihar District Gazetteers: Shahabad. p. 130.

[4] Fishman, Joshua A. (1993). The Earliest Stage of Language Planning: The "first Congress" Phenomenon. p. 119. ISBN 3110135302.

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