Braj Bhasha

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Western Hindi language language literary language

Braj Bhasha is a Western Hindi literary language historically associated with the Braj region of India and renowned for its devotional poetry dedicated to Krishna.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Western Hindi 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Western Hindi language ⓘ
language ⓘ
literary language ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Agra division ⓘ
surface form: Agra region

Agra division ⓘ
surface form: Aligarh region

Braj region ⓘ
surface form: Bharatpur region

Braj ⓘ
Mathura ⓘ
Vrindavan ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Bundeli ⓘ
Haryanvi ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
country India ⓘ
eraOfProminence 16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
hasDialectContinuumWith Kannauj ⓘ
surface form: Kannauji

Khari Boli ⓘ
hasNotablePoet Bihari Lal ⓘ
Meera Bai ⓘ
Raskhan ⓘ
Bhagat Surdas ⓘ
surface form: Surdas

Tulsidas ⓘ
historicalUse medieval North India ⓘ
influenced Hindi literature ⓘ
Hindustani classical music lyrics ⓘ
North Indian devotional music ⓘ
knownFor Krishna bhakti literature ⓘ
Vaishnava devotional songs ⓘ
devotional poetry ⓘ
languageFamily Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
surface form: Central Zone Indo-Aryan languages

Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages

Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
literaryTradition Bhakti movement literature ⓘ
partOf Western Hindi ⓘ
religiousAssociation Krishna devotion ⓘ
Vaishnavism ⓘ
spokenIn India ⓘ
status classical Hindi literary medium ⓘ
regional literary language ⓘ
subclassOf Hindi ⓘ
surface form: Hindi language

Indo-Aryan language ⓘ
New Indo-Aryan language ⓘ
theme Radha-Krishna love ⓘ
life of Krishna ⓘ
pastoral Braj landscape ⓘ
usedFor devotional songs ⓘ
drama ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
religious discourse ⓘ
writingSystem Devanagari script ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Khari Boli → closelyRelatedTo → Braj Bhasha ⓘ
Bharatpur → language → Braj Bhasha ⓘ
Dasam Granth → language → Braj Bhasha ⓘ
Doab → languageRegion → Braj Bhasha ⓘ
Guru Gobind Singh → languageUsed → Braj Bhasha ⓘ
Vrindavan → localLanguage → Braj Bhasha ⓘ
Braj → namedAfter → Braj Bhasha ⓘ
Mathura → regionalLanguage → Braj Bhasha ⓘ
Sant Bhasha → relatedTo → Braj Bhasha ⓘ
Khari Boli → subclassOf → Braj Bhasha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Hindi
Braj → traditionalLanguage → Braj Bhasha ⓘ
Gurmukhi → usedForLanguage → Braj Bhasha ⓘ