Category: LiteraturePart of speech: nounDifficulty: IntermediateRecommended for ★ UPSC

বাংলা সাহিত্য

/bangla sahitya/Roman

English meaning: Bengali Literature

Definition

One of the richest literary traditions in the world, dating back to the 10th century with Charya texts. It produced Nobel laureates Rabindranath Tagore, famous novelists like Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, and reformers like Michael Madhusudan Dutta.

Example

বাংলা সাহিত্য বিশ্বের সমৃদ্ধ সাহিত্যধারাগুলির মধ্যে একটি।

In English: Bengali literature is one of the richest literary traditions in the world.

Literary Heritage

সাহিত্য হলো মানুষের মনের দর্পণ।

/Sahitya holo manusher maner darpan./

Literature is the mirror of the human mind.

Rabindranath Tagore · Poet, Nobel Laureate · 1861–1941

Kabuliwala

Essays on Literature, Rabindranath Tagore, 1907

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Language
বাংলা
Bengali
Script
Bengali
Family
Indo-Aryan
Speakers
270M
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