Devakshara Charita

Devakshara Charita or Devakshar Charitra (Bhojpuri: 𑂠𑂡𑂫𑂰𑂍𑂹𑂓𑂩 π‘‚’π‘‚©π‘‚±π‘‚ž; IAST: DevākαΉ£arcarita; 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]

Devakshara Charita
Written byRamdatta Shukla
Date premiered1884
SubjectSupremacy of Devnagari over Persian
GenreTheatre

References


  1. Grierson, G.A. (1903). Linguistic Survey of India, Vol. V, Part II.
  2. Jain, Dinesh (26 July 2007). The Indo-Aryan Langauages. 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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