Riti Yuga of Odia literature

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Riti Yuga of Odia literature is a classical period in Odia literary history marked by ornate poetic style, rhetorical flourish, and the prominence of poets like Upendra Bhanja.

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instanceOf historical era in Odia literature
literary period
associatedWith royal courts of Odisha
temple-centered literary patronage in Odisha
contributedTo development of Odia prosody
enrichment of Odia rhetorical vocabulary
standardization of poetic Odia language
follows Bhakti Yuga of Odia literature
linked to: Bhakti literature
geographicallyLocatedIn Odisha
linked to: Orissa

eastern India
hasAlternativeName Riti era of Odia literature
Riti period in Odia literary history
hasApproximateEndCentury early 19th century
hasApproximateStartCentury 17th century
hasCentralFigure Upendra Bhanja
hasCharacteristic complex prosody
courtly and elite literary culture
emphasis on alankara (figures of speech)
focus on poetic craft over simple narration
highly decorative diction
rhetorical flourish
hasCriticalReception praised for technical brilliance
sometimes criticized for excessive ornamentation
hasLanguage Odia
hasNotablePoet Abhimanyu Samanta Singhara
Bhakta Charan Das
Dinakrushna Das
Kavisurya Baladeba Ratha
Upendra Bhanja
hasStyle ornate poetic style
hasTheme courtly romance
devotional sentiment
erotic love (sringara rasa)
mythological narratives
influencedBy Riti school of Sanskrit literary theory
Sanskrit poetics
classical Sanskrit kavya tradition
partOf history of Odia literature
precedes Age of modern Odia literature
usesForm champu
chhanda (metrical verse)
kavya

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Upendra Bhanja movement Riti Yuga of Odia literature
Riti Yuga of Odia literature hasAlternativeName Riti era of Odia literature
linked to: Riti Yuga of Odia literature