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Banamali Dasa
An artistic recreation of Banamali Dasa.
An artistic recreation of Banamali Dasa.
Native name
ବନମାଳୀ ଦାସ
BornBanamali Pattanayaka
OccupationPoet
LanguageOdia
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndia
GenreOdissi music

Banamali Dasa (Odia: ବନମାଳୀ ଦାସ, romanized: Banamāḷi Dāsa, Odia: [bɔnɔmaːl̪i d̪aːsɔ] ⓘ; 1720–1793) is an Indian medieval Odia bhakta-poet & composer of Odissi music from the state of Odisha. "Dinabandhu daitari",[1] "Kede chanda jane lo sahi", and "Manima he etiki maguni mora" are some of his notable writings that are used in Odissi. His songs are popularly sung in festivals, public gatherings, and in Odissi dance. Banamali's compositions (especially chaupadis and jananas) are set to traditional Odissi ragas and talas and are extremely popular in the Odissi music repertoire.[2] He is considered to be the foremost poet of the medieval Odia bhakti-literature.[3] He started by writing rustic devotional Poetry, he later began to compose "bhakti"-poetry which gained larger acceptance and popularity among the other contemporary poets of his time.[4] Typically, his poems are eyewitness accounts, and their simple, fervent language is much appreciated.

Early life

Oṛiśī Sangīta
Odissi music
Mahāprabhu Jagannātha
Composers
Shāstras
Compositions
Instruments

As Dasa's birth and death are unrecorded, various researchers speculate various years. In a research publication, researcher Janaki Ballabh Mohanty has cited his birth year around 1720-30 and his death year as being unknown. Other publications have his birth year as 1720 and his death year as 1793.[3]

He was born in a Karana family, a fact that is proved by one of his earlier poems where he explicitly mentions his surname Pattanayaka, used by the karanas (scribes) of ancient Odisha. The surname is still in use.

He spent most of his life in Puri.

Music

Banamali's creations are frequently sung in classical Odissi music concerts & enacted in the abhinaya part of Odissi dance. He is known to have composed over 400 songs; Odissi, Chhanda, Bhajana, Janana, Chautisa and more. He is not known to have written any single kavya, rather a large number of individual songs. The Ragas used by Banamali in his works are unique ragas of the Odissi music tradition. Some of these ragas include:

Asabari, Bangala, Bangalasri, Baradi, Basanta, Basanta Kedara, Bhairaba, Bhairabi, Bhatiari, Bhupala, Bibhasha, Chakra Kedara, Chinta Kedara, Dakhina Kamodi, Desa Baradi, Desakhya, Dhanasri, Dhipa, Gadamalia, Gujjari, Jayanta, Jayanti, Jhinjoti, Kalyana, Kamodi, Kaphi, Karnata, Kasmira, Kedara, Kedaragouda, Khambaja, Khanda Bangalasri, Kolahala, Kousika, Krusna Kedara, Kumbha Kamodi, Kumbha Kedara, Kusuma Kedara, Lalita Kamodi, Lalita Kedara, Madana Kedara, Madhusri, Malaba, Mangala, Mangala Baradi, Mangala Kedara, Marua, Matiari, Mohana, Mohana Kedara, Mukhabari, Nalinigouda, Natakurangi, Paraja, Pattamanjari, Punnaga, Purabi, Ranabije, Rasakadamba, Rasakedara, Saberi, Sankarabharana, Saranga, Sauri, Sindhu Kamodi, Soka Kamodi, Sri, Suratha, Todi, Todiparaja.[5][6][7]

Selected works

Poetry

References

  1. ^ "A musical treat". New Indian Express. 19 January 2012. Archived from the original on 14 November 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  2. ^ Parhi, Dr. Kirtan Narayan (2017). The Classicality of Orissi Music. India: Maxcurious Publications Pvt. Ltd. p. 383. ISBN 9788193215128.
  3. ^ a b Janaki Ballabha Mohanty (1 January 1993). Banamali Das. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 978-81-7201-449-0.
  4. ^ Ayyappappanikkar (1 January 1997). Medieval Indian Literature: Surveys and selections. Sahitya Akademi. p. 412. ISBN 978-81-260-0365-5.
  5. ^ Das, Ramhari (2004). Odissi Sangeetara Parampara O Prayoga ଓଡ଼ିଶୀ ସଙ୍ଗୀତର ପରମ୍ପରା ଓ ପ୍ରୟୋଗ [The tradition and method of Odissi music] (in Odia). Bhubaneswar, Odisha: Kaishikee Prakashani.
  6. ^ Dasa, Banamali (1934). Dasa Goswami, Babaji Baishnaba Charana (ed.). Banamali Padyabali (in Odia). Cuttack: Arunodaya Pustakalaya.
  7. ^ Parhi, Dr. Kirtan Narayan (2007). Odisi Sangita : Kichi Jana Ajana Tathya [Odissi music : Some known and unknown facets] (in Odia). Ink Odisha, Bhubaneswar. p. 34.
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