Dāk
Dak | |
|---|---|
डाक | |
| Pronunciation | Dāk |
| Born | |
| Monuments | Proverbs literature |
| Other name | Daak |
| Occupations | Soothsayer, astronomer, predictor and sayer of proverbs |
| Notable work | Daak Vachan |
| Notes | |
A popular sayer of proverbs | |
Dāk or Dak or Daak (Devanagari: डाक ) was a renowned ancient or medieval Indian scholar, astronomer or predictor, and sage-like figure. He is celebrated in the folklore or legends of the Eastern and the Northeastern India—particularly in Mithila (Bihar and Nepal), Bengal, Odisha and Assam—for his sayings regarding agriculture and the weather, which are known as Dak Vachan.[1] There are several Indian texts or collections attributed to him. These are Dak Vachan and Dak Vachan Samhita[2] in the Maithili litrature, and Dak Tantra, Dakar Bachan, and Khanar Bachan, etc in Bengali language. In some Bengali literature and legends, he is popularly described or imagined as a milkman and called as Dak Goala.[3] In the Maithili litrature of Dak Vachan, he is identified as soothsayer or predictor. The Dak Vachan text is also translated in Hindi language known Dak Vachan Sangrah.[4] The sayings of Dak is also popularly regarded as the Vedas of mass communication in the Northern and eastern part of the Indian subcontinent.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ Department, University of Madras Tamil (1973). First All-India Tirukkural Research Seminar Papers, May 1972. University of Madras.
- ↑ The Journal of the Anthropological Survey of India. The Survey. 2002.
- ↑ Singh, Upinder (2009). A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century (PB). Pearson India. ISBN 978-93-325-6996-6.
- ↑ Thakur, Vijay Kumar; Aounshuman, Ashok (1996). Peasants in Indian History: Theoretical Issues and Structural Enquiries : Essays in Memory of Professor Radhakrishna Chaudhary. Janaki Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-85078-98-4.
- ↑ Neog, Dimbeswar (1962). New Light on History of Asamīyā Literature from the Earliest Until Recent Times: Including an Account of Its Antecedents. Xuwanī Prakās (Beauty Publications).
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