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Barnabodha was an Odia primer compiled by Madhusudan Rao. This book is the 6th volume of the original book and was published in 1896. Currently, none of the previous versions of this book are available anywhere in either physical or digital form.
The first foreign book to be translated into Odia was the Bible's New Testament in 1809. It was followed by translation of Hebrew poems by J. Carey in 1814 and John Bunyan's classic The Pilgrim's Progress by A. Sutton in 1820. Madhusudan Rao translated William Cowper's Solitude of Alexander Selkirk as Nirbasitara Vilaapa.
Sarala Dasa (born as Siddheswara Parida) was a 15th-century poet and scholar of Odia literature. [1] Best known for three Odia books — Sarala Mahabharata, Vilanka Ramayana and Chandi Purana — he was the first scholar to write in Odia and his revered as the Adi Kabi (First Poet) of Odia literature. [2]
Amos Sutton (1802 in Sevenoaks in Kent – 17 August 1854 in Cuttack, Odisha) was an English General Baptist missionary to Odisha, India, and hymn writer. [1] He published the first English grammar of the Odia language (1831), [2] a History (1839), and Geography (1840), then the first dictionary of Odia (1841–43), [3] as well as a translation of the Bible (1842–45).
Natabara Samantaray [1] was an Odia writer and literary critic. [2] Some of his known literary historical works are Odia Sahityara Itihasa (1803-1920), [3] [4] Adhunika Odia Sahityara Bhittibhumi and Vyasakabi Fakirmohan. [5] His critical review included works of many noted Odia authors like Fakir Mohan Senapati and Radhanath Ray. [6]
Gopala Chandra Praharaj (27 September 1874 – 16 May 1945) was a writer in the Odia language, well known as the compiler of the Purnachandra Odia Bhashakosha. [1] He also contributed significantly to Odia literature by his works in prose.
Gopala Chandra Praharaj, who compiled and published the first comprehensive Odia dictionary, Purnachandra Odia Bhashakosha (1931–40), introduced a new letter ୱ to the script to represent the sound wa. [11] [12] [13] An alternate letter was created for wa, ଵ, but it has not gained wide acceptance.
Madhusudan Rao (29 January 1853 – 28 December 1912) was an Odia poet and writer from India. He was known as Bhaktakabi . His most well known work is the Chhabila Madhu Barnabodha .