Braj Bhasha

E67208

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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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Braj Bhasha canonical	59
Old Hindi	2
Braj Bhasha literature	1
Brajavali (Assamese-Braj mixture)	1
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 (64)

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

Gurmukhi → usedForLanguage → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Mathura → regionalLanguage → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Khari Boli → subclassOf → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Hindi

Khari Boli → closelyRelatedTo → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Vrindavan → localLanguage → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Guru Gobind Singh → languageUsed → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Doab → languageRegion → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Bharatpur → language → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Braj → traditionalLanguage → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Braj → namedAfter → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Sant Bhasha → relatedTo → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Dasam Granth → language → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Banke Bihari Temple → languageOfRituals → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Gokul → primaryLanguageSpoken → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Braj region → language → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages → hasMember → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Kauravi → closelyRelatedTo → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Western Uttar Pradesh → language → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Ahirwati → closelyRelatedTo → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Vallabha Sampradaya → languageOfDevotion → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Srimanta Sankardev → language → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brajavali (Assamese-Braj mixture)

Kaithi script → usedForLanguage → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Seva Kunj → languageUsed → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Nidhivan → hasLanguageContext → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Vrindavan Research Institute → languageFocus → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Rasa Lila with gopis → hasLanguageOfPerformance → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Mathura district → localLanguage → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Radha Raman Temple → languageOfLiturgy → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Kaliya Ghat → languageUsed → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Bharatpur State → language → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Dholpur State → languageCommon → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Radha Damodar Temple → languageOfWorship → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Budaun → commonlySpokenLanguage → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Dholpur → languageSpoken → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Benti Chaupai → language → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Thumri → language → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Akal Ustat → language → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Tav-Prasad Savaiye → language → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Bhagat Surdas → languageOfWorkOrName → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Bhagat Sain → languageOfPoetry → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Hindi

Bhagat Pipa → languageOfPoetry → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Hindi

Barsana → language → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Nandgaon → languageSpoken → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Govardhan → localLanguage → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Radha Kund → languageSpokenAround → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Krishna bhakti music → associatedLanguage → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Vraja Mandala → languageOfLocalTradition → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Pushtimarg → languageOfDevotion → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Banaras (Varanasi) gharana → usesLanguage → Braj Bhasha ⓘ

Palwal district → languageSpoken → Braj Bhasha ⓘ