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Padmakar Bhatt
Kavi Padmakar
Kavi Padmakar
BornPadmakar
c. 1753
Saugor, Madhya Pradesh
Diedc. 1833
Ganga Ghat, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
OccupationPoet, writer, scholar and administrator
GenreEpic Poetry

Padmakar (c. 1753 – c. 1833) was a Ritikal poet.[1][2] His full name was Padmakar Bhatt. He belonged to a family of scholars and poets so his family was called "Kavishwar".

Major works[edit | edit source]

Some of the famous works of Padmakar are Jagdwinod, Padmabharan, Prabodh Pachasa, Himmatbahadur Virudawali and Ganga-Lahari.[3]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Padmakar Biography: Books, Awards and Facts". 30 January 2018.
  2. Busch, Allison (2018). "The Poetics of History in Padmakar's Himmatbahādurvirudāvalī". Text and Tradition in Early Modern North India. pp. 260–281. doi:10.1093/oso/9780199478866.003.0013. ISBN 978-0-19-947886-6.
  3. "Unit 17 - Poetry of padmakar" (PDF) (in हिन्दी). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2021.

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