Awadhi - Awadee

Japanese: アワディー - あわでぃー
Awadhi - Awadee

…The title literally means "The Lake of Rama's Actions." It is a great epic poem based on the Awadhi dialect of Hindi, which is spoken in northern India, and consists of seven parts, about 10,000 verses, with a basic format of a combination of several four-line verses and one couplet of verses. It is said to have been started in Ayodhya in 1574 and completed a few years later in Kashi (now Varanasi).

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Awadhi" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…題名を直訳すると〈ラーマ王(子)行いの湖〉の意。北インドに分布するヒンディー語のアワディーAvadhī方言を基とする一大叙事詩で,全7編約1万頌,数頌の4行詩と1頌の対句の組合せを基本的な形式とする。1574年にアヨーディヤーで着手され,数年後にカーシー(現,ワーラーナシー)で完成されたといわれる。…

※「アワディー」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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