The Charyapada (চর্যাপদ) is a collection of mystical poems, songs of realization in the Vajrayana tradition of Buddhism from the tantric tradition in Assam, Bengal, Bihar and Odisha.[1][2]
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It was written between the 8th and 12th centuries in various Abahattas that were ancestral to the modern Assamese, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Odia, Magahi, Maithili, Kurmali and many other Eastern Indo-Aryan languages[citation needed]. A palm-leaf manuscript of the Charyāpada was rediscovered in the early 20th century by Haraprasad Shastri at the Nepal Royal Court Library.[3] The Charyapada was also preserved in the Tibetan Buddhist canon.[4]
- ^ "The writers of the Charyapada, the Mahasiddhas or Siddhacharyas, belonged to the various regions of Assam, Kathmandu, Bengal, Orissa and Bihar". sites.google.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ^ Shaw, Miranda; Shaw, Miranda (1995). Passionate Enlightenment::Women in Tantric Buddhism. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-01090-8.
- ^ Guhathakurta, Meghna; van Schendel, Willem (2013). The Bangladesh Reader: History, Culture, Politics. Duke University Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-8223-5318-8. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ^ Kværne, Per (2010). An Anthology of Buddhist Tantric Songs: A Study of the Caryāgīti. Orchid Press. ISBN 978-974-8299-34-1. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2016.