Krittivasi Ramayan

Krittivasi Ramayan (Bengali: কৃত্তিবাসি রামায়ণ), or Krittibasi Ramayan or Sri Ram Panchali (Bengali: শ্রীরাম পাঁচালী), composed by 15th century Bengali poet Krittibas Ojha, is a translation of the Ramayana into Bengali. Written in the traditional Ramayan Panchali form of Middle Bengali literature, the Krittivasi Ramayana is not just a rewording of the original Indian epic, but a vivid depiction of the society and culture of Bengal in the Middle Ages.

The text is also remembered for its exploration of the concept of Bhakti, which would later contribute to the emergence of Vaishnavism in Gangetic Bengal and the surrounding regions.

The total number of manuscripts (puthis) containing the Krittivasi Ramayan text is approximately 2,221. Most of these contain only fragments of the text.

Extant manuscripts are presently stored in West Bengal universities such as the University of Calcutta, Visva-Bharati University, Rabindra Bharati University, Jadavpur University, University of Burdwan, and the University of North Bengal. There are also puntis preserved in the Silchar Normal School Library, Assam; Jahangirnagar University and the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh; the British Museum and the School of Oriental and African Studies in the United Kingdom; and the Bibliothèque nationale de France in France.

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