Addahamāṇa
Addahamāṇa (the Apabhraṃśa form of the name ʿAbd ur-Raḥmān[1] or Abdul Rahman[2]), also spelt as Addahmāṇ, was the last major Apabhraṃśa poet or first major Punjabi writer based out of Multan (known as Mulasthana[3]).[a][2] He was a Muslim.[4] He authored the Sandeśarāsaka epic poem.[b] According to Bhardwaj (2016), he flourished in the 11th century,[2] Roberts (1999) dates him to the 12th century,[5] while as per Ollet (2017), he flourished in the 13th century.[1] Asif (2016) claims his Sandeśarāsaka was written in the late 12th century, being compiled near Jaisalmer and based upon Kalidasa's Meghasandesa.[3] According to Flood (2022), he wrote his romance poem in the early 13th century.[4] Addahamāṇa stated that his family originated from "the land of Muslims" (the western lands inhabited by mlecchas[3]) and that he was "the lotus of his family in Prakrit poetry".[1] He began his poem with a Quranic invocation (hamd) and his work contains geographical information about the surrounding environs of a route from Multan to Cambay.[3]
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[edit]- 1 2 3 Ollett, Andrew (3 October 2017). Language of the Snakes: Prakrit, Sanskrit, and the Language Order of Premodern India. University of California Press. p. 9. ISBN 9780520296220.
- 1 2 3 Bhardwaj, Mangat (25 August 2016). "1 Panjabi Language, Scripts and Grammar: A Spatio-temporal Perspective". Panjabi: A Comprehensive Grammar. Routledge. p. 5. ISBN 9781317643265.
- 1 2 3 4 Asif, Manan Ahmed (19 September 2016). A Book of Conquest: The Chachnama and Muslim Origins in South Asia. Harvard University Press. pp. 71–73. ISBN 9780674660113.
- 1 2 Flood, Finbarr Barry (12 July 2022). Objects of Translation: Material Culture and Medieval "Hindu-Muslim" Encounter. Princeton University Press. p. 42. ISBN 9781400833245.
- ↑ Roberts, John T. (translator). 1999. "The Message" - A Tale in Song. Addahamana's Sandesa Rasaka (12th Century AD). Charlottesville, VA: Papercraft Printing.