Biography of kashiram das

Kashiram Das or Kāśīrām Dās (Bengali: কাশীরাম দাস, pronounced[ka.ʃi.raˑmd̪aˑʃ]; born 16th century) is an important poet in medieval Bengali literature.

His Bengali re-telling of the Mahābhārata, known as Kāśīdāsī Môhābhārôt, is a popular and influential version of the Mahābhārata legend in Bengal. Although the entire work is intra-textually ascribed to him, most scholars agree that he composed only the first four of the eighteen books (parvas).

Biography of kashiram das

As with the Rāmāyaṇa of Kṛttibās Ojhā, Kāśīrām freely removed elements and added other legends to the story. Dās is not a last name and is a title meaning 'servant' in the Vaiṣṇava tradition; the name is also written as Kashiramdas.^[1]

Life

Kashiram Das was born to a Bengali KayasthaVaishnava family in the village of Singi Beside the village of Choto Meigachi, adjacent to Katwa in undivided Bardhaman district (Now Purba Bardhaman); his death anniversary is still observed in the region.

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