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 NERFINISHED
geographicallyLocatedIn Odisha NERFINISHED
eastern India NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Riti era of Odia literature NERFINISHED
Riti period in Odia literary history
hasApproximateEndCentury early 19th century
hasApproximateStartCentury 17th century
hasCentralFigure Upendra Bhanja NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
hasNotablePoet Abhimanyu Samanta Singhara NERFINISHED
Bhakta Charan Das NERFINISHED
Dinakrushna Das NERFINISHED
Kavisurya Baladeba Ratha NERFINISHED
Upendra Bhanja NERFINISHED
hasStyle ornate poetic style
hasTheme courtly romance
devotional sentiment
erotic love (sringara rasa)
mythological narratives
influencedBy Riti school of Sanskrit literary theory NERFINISHED
Sanskrit poetics NERFINISHED
classical Sanskrit kavya tradition
partOf history of Odia literature
precedes Age of modern Odia literature NERFINISHED
usesForm champu
chhanda (metrical verse)
kavya

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Upendra Bhanja movement Riti Yuga of Odia literature