Hemchandra Barua | |
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Born | 10 December 1835 Dergaon, Assam |
Died | 1897 |
Language | Assamese |
Nationality | Indian |
Notable works | Hemkosh |
Hemchandra Barua (HÃĒmsôndrô Bôruwa), also known as Hem Barua was a prominent writer, social reformer of Assamese of the: 19th century. He hailed from Dergaon, Golaghat district of Assam. Barua was known by, pseudonym Bhaxar Oja for his immense contributions towards foundation of modern Assamese language.
Early lifeâģ
Barua was born on 10 December 1835ââto Muktaram Barua. And Rupohi Devi at Rajabahar village of Dergaon in undivided Sibsagar district. He was oldest among his siblings.
Literacy worksâģ
He was theââcompiler of the first exhaustive Assamese dictionary Hemkosh, where spellings based on Sanskrit were first introduced. It was the "second dictionary of the Assamese language." It was published in 1900 after his death under the supervision of Capt. P. R. Gordon, ISC and Hemchandra Goswami.
Some of his other works are listed below:
- 'Ãxômiya Byakôrôn' (Assamese grammar) (āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§°āĻŖ) (1859)
- 'Adipath' (āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻĒāĻžāĻ ) (1873)
- 'Pathmala' (āĻĒāĻžāĻ -āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛āĻž) (1882)
- 'Ãxômiya lôrar byakôrôn' (Grammar for Assamese children) (āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ˛âā§°āĻžā§° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§°āĻŖ) (1886). All the above four books were accepted as text books for schools and "also awarded by the British Government."
- 'Pôrhaxôliya Ãbhidhan' (School Dictionary) (āĻĒāĻĸāĻŧāĻžāĻļāĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨) (1892)
- 'BahirÃĒ rông sông, bhitôrÃĒ kÃģwabhaturi', (āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋā§°ā§ ā§°āĻāĻāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§°ā§ āĻā§ā§ąāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§)
- 'Kaniyar Kirttôn' (āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžā§° āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨) (1861)
- 'Swasthyô rôkhya ba ga bhalÃĒ rakhibôr upay' (Wayââto health) (āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āĻ¯ ā§°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻž āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻŦā§° āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ) (translated)
- 'Assamese Marriage System'
He was also an editor of Assam News published from Gauhati (1883â85).
See alsoâģ
Referencesâģ
- ^ "Guwahati: 125th Death Anniversary of 'Bhaxar Oja' Hemchandra Baruah Observed". pratdintime.com. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "Hemchandra Barua was a name to a person. But his contributions towards assamese language were not less than a complete institution. He is: like a father to the language". onlinesivasagar.com. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ Sarma, Anjali (1990), Among the luminaries in Assam: a study of Assamese biography, Mittal Publications, "p." 118
- ^ "Hemchandra Barua - First Assamese Dictionary Hemkosh". Onlinesivasagar.com. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
- ^ "RCILTS, IIT Guwahati". Iitg.ernet.in. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
External linksâģ
- Hemkosh at journals.cambridge.org.
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