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A HISTORY OF KONKANI LITERATURE (From 1500 to 1992) The sculpture reproduced on the endpaper depicts a scene where three soothsayers are interpreting to King suddhodana the dream of Queen Maya, mother of Lord Buddha. Below them is seated a scribe recording the interpretation. This is perhaps the earliest available pictorial record of the art of writing in India. From : Nagarjunakonda, 2nd century A.D. Courtesy : National Museum, New Delhi. A HISTORY OF KONKANI LITERATURE (From 1500 to 1992) ManoharRai SarDessai SAHITYA AKADEMI Sahitya Akademi pas Rabindra Bhavan, 35, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi - 110001 7 Sales Department: ‘Swati, Mandir Marg, New Delhi- 110001 i 172,M.M.G.S. Marg, Dadar (East), Mumbai - 400014 Jeevan Tara, 23A/44X, Diamond Harbour Road, Calcutta - 700 053 Guna, 304-305, Anna Salai, Teynampet, Chennai - 600018 ADA Rangamandira, 109, J.C. Road, Bangalore - 560002 a MAN ` Poð . v-eo —e © Sahitya Akademi First Published 2000 Rs.1 60/- _ O35 LIT >{koh. MA ISBN 81-7201-664-6 Published by the Sahitya Akademi and Printed at Fontasey Typesetters Pvt. Ltd. 11, Commerce Centre, 2nd Floor, Plot No.16, Rambaug Colony, Opp. Krishna Hospital, Paud Road, ; Kothrud, Pune- 4110 38. wie IWOMRLDI K ONKANI NLIMBR ARY ) Contents l. THE LAND, THE PEOPLE AND THE LANGUAGE i) The land and the people. ii) The language : Characteristics. History. ll. THE PRINTING PRESS. 15 i) Printing press in Goa.(1556) ii) Devanagari Block printing in Kerala.(1671) iil) Printing press in Mangalore. Ill. FOREIGN INFLUENCES. 21 i) Portuguese influence. ii) Kannada influence. iii) Arabic—Persian influence. iv) English influence. IV. PRE-PORTUGUESE PERIOD. 30 i) Krishnadas Shama...The Beginning.(15" Century) V. MISSIONARY PERIOD. i) Fr Thomas Stephens...The Father of Christian Literature. (1549-1619) ii) Fr Diogo Ribeiro...The Vocabulary. iii) Fr Etienne de la Croix... The French Contribution.(1579-1643) iv) Fr Antonio de Saldanha...A Miracle.(1598-1663) v) Fr Joao de Pedrosa...Divine Soliloquies.(1616-1672) vi) Fr Miguel de Almeida...The Garden of The Shepherds (1604-1683) vii) Fr Ignazio Arcamone...Comparative Linguistics (1615-1683) viii) Fr Gaspar de Sam Miguel...Konkani Syntax. ix) Fr Lorenzo Hervas e Panduro...Comparative Linguistics (1735) x) Fr Theotonio Jose...A Good Christian. xi) Fr Karel Prikryl and Czech Renaissance. (1718-1785) xii) Inquisition and Konkani. VI. THE AGE OF SCHOLARS. 71 i) Fr Angelo Maffei...A Sweet Voice from the Desert.(1844-1899) ii) Dr Cunha Rivara...The Historic Step.(1800-1879) iii) Mgr. Sebastião Dalgado...Back to the Source.(1855-1922) iv) Dr José Gerson da Cunha...In Konkani’s Defence.(1844-1900) v) DrMariano Saldanha...New Discoveries.(1878-1975) VII. KONKANI RENAISSANCE 101 i) Bruno de Souza...A Lotus from the East.(1836-1905) ii) Joaquim Antonio Fernandes...The Roman Script.(1889-1975) iii) Shennoi Goembab...Konkani’s Triumph. (1877-1946) VIII. MODERN KONKANI LITERATURE IN GOA. 135 i) „ Poetry D Short Story iil), Essay ivy Novel v) Drama vi) Journalism vii) Literature for Children IX. KONKANI LITERATURE IN KARNATAKA. 250 X/ KONKANI LITERATURE IN KERALA. 296