What is Charyapada?
The '''Charyapada''' is a collection of 8th-12th century [[Vajrayana]] Buddhist ''[[caryagiti]]''. They are mystical poems from the [[tantra|tantric]] tradition in eastern [[India]]. The Charyapada were meant to be sung. A manuscript of this anthology was found in the early 20th century. It shows early examples of the [[Assamese language|Assamese]], [[Oriya language|Oriya]], [[Maithili language|Maithili]] and [[Bengali language|Bengali]] languages. The writers of the Charyapada belonged to the various regions of [[Assam]], [[Bengal]], [[Orissa]] and [[Bihar]]. A Tibetan translation of the Charyapada was also kept in the [[Tibetan Buddhist canon]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://religion.wikia.org/wiki/Charyapada|title=Passionate Enlightenment::Women in Tantric Buddhism|last=Shaw|first=Miranda|last2=Shaw|first2=&#32;Miranda|date=1995|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-0-691-01090-8}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/charyapada/|title=charyapada|website=sites.google.com|access-date=2020-07-14}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Poetry]] [[Category:Buddhist texts]] [[Category:8th-century works]]