Rama Saraswati was 16th century poet from Kamrup, India. He was well known for translation of entire Mahabharata to Early Assamese from Sanskrit[2] for which he is also known as Axom Byas.
Rama Saraswati | |
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| Language | Early Assamese[1] |
| Notable works | Assamese translation of Sanskrit Mahabharata, Gita Govinda, Vadha Kavyas |
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edit- ^ Upendranath Goswami, A study on Kāmrūpī: a dialect of Assamese, 1970 Rama Sarasvati, Ananta Kandali, Sridhara Kandali, Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya, Dvija Kalapacandra and Bhattadeva, the father of Assamese prose, all hailed from the present district of Kamrup. In the writings of the early Assamese writers mentioned above reflections of the Kamrupi dialect are evident.
- ^ Twadell Shipley, Joseph (1946). Encyclopedia of literature - Volume 1. p. 494.