Statue of Balarama Dasa at Erabanga, his native place
Native name
ବଳରାମ ଦାସ
Born
c. 1472 Puri
Died
c. 1556
Occupation
Poet, Saint
Language
Odia
Genre
Mythology, philosophy, yoga Odissi music
Notable works
Jagamohana Ramayana, Lakshmi Purana
Balarama Dasa[1][2] (alternatively spelled Balaram Das; Odia: ବଳରାମ ଦାସ, romanized: Baḷarāma Dāsa, Odia:[bɔl̪ɔraːmɔd̪aːsɔ]ⓘ; c. 1474-1522) was an Odia poet and litterateur. He was one of the 5 great poets in Odia literature, the Panchasakha named Sri Ananta Dasa, Sri Jagannatha Dasa, Sri Jasobanta Dasa and Sri Achyutananda Dasa during the Bhakti age of literature. He was the eldest of the Pancha sakha. He wrote the Jagamohana Ramayana also known as Dandi Ramayana.[3][4]
^Satpathy, Sumanyu; Nayak, Jatindra K. (2015). ""Mad" Balarama Dasa and His "Rāmāyana"". Indian Literature. 59 (3 (287)): 10–12. ISSN 0019-5804. JSTOR 44478655.
^Bahinipati, Priyadarshi (2017-02-20). Jagamohana Ramayana. The Epic of Balarama Dasa. Anchor Academic Publishing. ISBN 978-3-96067-624-9.
^Mukherjee, S. (1998). A Dictionary of Indian Literature: Beginnings-1850. Orient Longman. p. 35. ISBN 978-81-250-1453-9. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
^St-Pierre, P.; Kar, P.C. (2007). In Translation: Reflections, Refractions, Transformations. Benjamins translation library. John Benjamins Pub. p. 171. ISBN 978-90-272-1679-3. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
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