Punjabi literature information

Punjabi literature, specifically literary works written in the Punjabi language, is characteristic of the historical Punjab of present-day Pakistan and...

Punjabi (/pʌnˈdʒɑːbi/ pun-JAH-bee; Shahmukhi: پنجابی; Gurmukhi: ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, Punjabi: [pəɲˈdʒab̆.bi] ), sometimes spelled Panjabi, is an Indo-Aryan language...

The Punjabi calendar (Punjabi: ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਜੰਤਰੀ, پنجابی جنتری) is a luni-solar calendar used by the Punjabi people in Punjab and around the world, but varies...

the Greater Punjabi macrolanguage. Punjabi may also be considered as a pluricentric language with more than one standard variety. Punjabi is a language...

Mahabharata into Odia.[citation needed][verification needed] The history of Punjabi literature starts with advent of Aryans in Punjab. Punjab provided them the perfect...

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Punjabi University Punjabi University is a collegiate state public university located in Patiala, Punjab, India. It was established on 30 April 1962 and...

to the word Phulkari is in Punjabi literature in the 18th century Waris Shah's version of Heer Ranjha (a legendary Punjabi tragic romance) which describes...

their outstanding contribution to the upliftment of Indian literature and Punjabi literature in particular. it as well as for translations. This is the...

Punjabi Qisse A Punjabi Qissa (Punjabi: پنجابی قصہ (Shahmukhi), ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਕ਼ਿੱਸਾ (Gurmukhi); plural: Qisse) is a tradition of Punjabi language oral story-telling...

noteworthy Punjabi authors, who were born or lived in the Punjab, or who write in the Punjabi language. First and the foremost poems of Punjabi language...

Mirza Sahiban (Punjabi: مرزا صاحباں (Shahmukhi), ਮਿਰਜ਼ਾ ਸਾਹਿਬਾਂ (Gurmukhi); mirzā sāhibāṁ) is one of the four popular tragic romances of the Punjab. The...

Punjabi Sikhs are adherents of Sikhism who identify ethnically, linguistically, culturally, and genealogically as Punjabis. Punjabi Sikhs are the second-largest...

to be its eyewitness. His Qissa is deemed to be the oldest Heer in Punjabi literature. He stated himself to be from Jhang—the home of Heer. 16th century...

"I Say Unto Waris Shah", Punjabi: اَج آکھاں وارث شاہ نُوں, ਅੱਜ ਆਖਾਂ ਵਾਰਸ ਸ਼ਾਹ ਨੂੰ) is a famous dirge by the renowned Punjabi writer and poet Amrita Pritam...

Indian novelist, essayist and poet, who wrote in Punjabi and Hindi. A prominent figure in Punjabi literature, she is the recipient of the 1956 Sahitya Akademi...

the pen name of Avtar Singh Sandhu, one of the major poets in the Punjabi literature of the 1970s. He was killed by extremists on 23 March 1988. His strongly...

(Mahākavī) Santokh Singh was also referred to as the Ferdowsi of Punjabi literature, Ferdowsi wrote ~50,000 verses while Santokh Singh's Suraj Prakash...

contemporary Punjabi literature. She won awards, both regional and national, and was a widely translated author. She retired as Professor of Punjabi, and Dean...

poet of the Chishti order, known popularly for his contribution to Punjabi literature.He is also known as 'Shakespear of Punjab'. He is primarily known...

now considered a masterpiece in modern Punjabi literature, and which also created a new genre, of modern Punjabi kissa. Today, his poetry stands in equal...

Balochi: سسوئی پنہو; Punjabi: سسوئی پنہو (Shahmukhi), ਸੱਸੀ ਪੁੰਨੂੰ (Gurmukhi)) is a folktale in the Sindhi, Balochi and Punjabi folklore. It is one of...

languages, including Balochi, English, Pushto, Punjabi, Seraiki, Sindhi, and Urdu,. The nature of Pakistani literature soon after independence aroused controversy...

the Sikh Literature, is a Punjabi language encyclopedia which was compiled by Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha over fourteen years. It was the first Punjabi encyclopedia...

The Punjabis (Punjabi: پنجابی (Shahmukhi); ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (Gurmukhi); romanised as Panjābī) are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group associated with the Punjab...

Azad Jammu and Kashmir. He is regarded as the bridge to the modern Punjabi literature. Bakhsh was born in c. 1830 in Khari Sharif, Kashmir (present-day...