Krishnagatha

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Krishnagatha (Malayalam: കൃഷ്ണഗാഥ) is a 15th-century poem written in

The poem depicts the stories of Krishna from his birth to ascension. It describes the story as in Bhagavata. It consists of forty-seven stories.

Features

It was written in Malayalam language, at a time when literary works were usually written in Sanskrit or Tamil.

The poem gives importance to rhyme in second letters and third letters. It has some words and phrases which are no longer used in the Malayalam language. It also contains ancient forms of some proverbs.

It uses most of the figure of speeches in Sanskrit language, like Upama, Ulpreksha and Rupakam. The poem is written in the metre Manjari.

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