The Origin And Development Of Bhojpuri

A-PDF Merger DEMO : Purchase from www.A-PDF.com to remove the THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT oj of r BHOJPURI TIWARI UDAl NARAIN TIW1\RI THE I PARK ASIATiC SOCIETY SOCiETY ASiATIC STREET IIli KOLKATA t\OLKATA 700 0 0)I n. = Gift. 'THe ORiuiN~ & DEVELOPMENT OF BHOjPURi I I I I I I I I I I i i I i I I i I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I i i I i I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I i i I I i I i I I - I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I i i I i I I i I I I I I I ~··~ft. '- 1\. . ' " THE ORIGIN A1~D DEv~L()PMEN'~ OF BHOJPURI UDAl NARAIN TIWARI THE ASIATIC SOCIETY I PARK STREET. KOLKATA 700 016 Monograph Series Vol. X THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF BHOJPURI by UDAl NARAIN TIWARI © Tne Asiatic Society ISBN 81 7236 1076 Firs! Published in ! 960 Reprinted in March 2001 Published by Professor Manabendu Banerjee General Secretary The Asiatic Society i Park Street Koikata- iOO 0 i 6 Printed at Arunima Printing Works 81, Simla Street Kolkata-700 006 Rs. 350 ,-. I r- , r I t:. '" ....... i \ '.- ' (fll . ,;.. lET Vi F:r:1016 Ace. No. G. ~~ -:1:~ ..•• DA T E . -. '.'2.1, 2 . 03 •••, ••• • • t.'. FOREWORD Inspired by the advice of Professor Suniti Kumar Challl~ljl:c.', Udal Narain Tiwrui produced the valuable treaUse cntltlt'd 'A Diall'ct of Bhojpuri: This work was the out.come of TiwarI's wt'll .wf!ualntann' with the various specimens of Bhojpuri dialect. lit' gathcrt,tl knowledge oHhis languagt: after touring exh'llslv(' part of tht, BhuJpun area. It is due to the initiativ(~ of Professor S. K. Chat It'rjt·t' lhat tht· book in a modiJled form, Witil the titit· of'11ll' Oligin and lkv('lopmt'ul of Bhojpuri'. was published by the Ac.;iatic Society In ) 900. '111l' book having a critical and scientific analysis of Bhojpuri is in gn'at tlt'mand to the teachers and studt.'nL'i of Linguistics. For a few yt'ars t ht' book is out of stock, but because of tht.' non-stoppnl lIt'mawl for this book from persons of diff('n'nt parts of our ('Olllltry, W(' art' glad to announce the rt.'publlcation of Tiwari's laboul'l'd lTeatioll. Kolkata 26.03.2001 Manabcndu (I('rU'rnl 8anc~cc S('crefu~1 PH)O~FACE It WI\3 in the Oriental Conference at Patna when I had a chance to come in close contact with Prof. Suniti Kumar Chattcrii and other llr"at linguiaticians for the first time that .'. ardent desire to" st.udy my mothl r tongue, Bhojpurl, on scientific lir.. arose in my mind. Back fro ill Patna, I approached Dr. Dhirendrf. Varma of the University of Allahahl"l who introduced me to Dr. Babu Ram Saxena He was then writing ) :.. theais on THE EVOLUTION OF AWADHI. Dr. Saxena in coDlultati)Jl with Prof. Suniti Kumar Chatterji ruh'ised IDe to prepare a monogra;lh on the 'Bhojpurl dialect' on the lincs of his ' Lakhfmpurl '. The WI .. k that I produced afwr this advice WIll'I written out in 1932 and publild,,'(1 ill the Journal oJ the Bihar !lnd Ori8,~a R(,.1f.arch Society, Volt!. XX, XXln 'III XXI, Part III, und,,'r the title' A Diale('t of Uhujpurl' (1934.36). During the y('l\f8 1933 to 1935. ~ mll,llt' cxtt'nsive tours thruugh .• ut the Bhojpurl area-Ballii, ShihA.b~l, SAran, Champirnn, Gorakh, ur, the Nepai tarAI, Basil, Azamgarh, Ranbis, Mil'zapur and ot.h('r pil\('(';I· a