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Umapati Dhara
Umapati Dhara
Personal life
Born	c. 1120; Sonargaon (সুবর্ণগ্রাম), Bengal, Sena dynasty ; (in present-day Narayanganj District, Bangladesh)
Died	c. 1220 (aged 99–100); Lakhnauti
Nationality	Indian
Relatives	Uddharan Dutta Thakura, Haladhar Sen, Gouri Sen
Honors	Pancharatna, Pancharatna appeared in the court of King Lakshmanasena of Navadwipa in Bengal - Jayadeva, Umapati Dhara, Dhoyin, Sharan and Govardhana (poet) Article Talk are one jewel form of that Pancharatna .
Religious life
Religion	Hinduism
Denomination	Vaishnavism

Umapati Dhara (উমাপতি ধর, c. 1150–1240) was the chief minister in the court of Lakshmana Sena (ruler from the Sena dynasty of the Bengal region on the Indian subcontinent). and one of the court poets of Lakshmana Sena.^[1] Several Prashasti like the Deopara Prashasti, a stone inscription eulogizing the Sena kings of Bengal was written by him. He is one of the Pancharatna in the court of Lakshmana Sena.^[2] Jayadeva was the middle jewel of this Pancharatna.^[3] The identity of these four Kavibandhus of Jayadeva might have been lost forever if the poet Jayadeva had not mentioned their names and poetic qualities in 'Gita Govinda'^[4]^[5] However, earlier Lakshmanasena's court poet, Batudas's son Sridhardas, has compiled Saduktikarnamrita^[6] by including many verses of these four poets, he saved their poetry from oblivion. According to Jayadeva, Umapati Dhar's characteristic of writing was to enrich the words and sentences.^[7] His famous works were the Deoparaprashasti and the Madhainagar copper plates^[8] He also wrote a book Chandrachudacharita, in Sanskrit, which has not been found.^[9]

Personal life

Umapati Dhara was born into a rich Jamindar family from the Bengali Baidya caste. He was one of the five gems of Sanskrit scholars, which was mentioned at the court of Lakshmana Sena.^[10] His father Kanjilal Dhar lived in Sonargram, whose sister Bhagabati Devi was married to Bhabesh Dutta relative of Gouri Sen a reputed gold merchant in the era of Ballāla Sena.^[8]^[11]

References

^ Akshay Kumar Maitra (2012). Rachana Sangraha. Kolkata: Parul Prakashan. ISBN 9789382300182.
^ Sunil Chattopadhyay (2018). Prachin Bharater Itihas (Part II) History Of Ancient India. Kolkata: West Bengal State Book Board. p. 540. ISBN 978-81-247-0648-0.
^ Dasa, Banamali (1934). Dasa Goswami, Babaji Baishnaba Charana (ed.). Banamali Padyabali (in Odia). Cuttack: Arunodaya Pustakalaya.
^ "Uddharana Datta Thakura". archive.org. 1904.
^ দীননাথ ধর (1904). উদ্ধারণ দত্ত ঠাকুর [সংস্করণ-২]. Kolkata: Hare Press. p. 94.
^ Alam, Aksadul (2012), "Saduktikarnamrita", in Sirajul Islam; Ahmed A. Jamal (eds.), Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
^ Choudhury, Kamal (2017). Nadiyar Bitihas Part 1. Kolkata: Dey's Publishing. ISBN 9788129513809.
^ ^a ^b Alam, Aksadul (2012), "Deopara Prashasti", in Sirajul Islam; Ahmed A. Jamal (eds.), Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
^ Siegfried Lienhard (1984). A History of Classical Poetry: Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit. A History of Indian Literature. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 18. ISBN 978-3-447-02425-9.
^ Ray, Niharranjan (1994). History of the Bengali People: Ancient Period. Orient Longman. p. 223. ISBN 978-0-86311-378-9.
^ Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay (1919), The Origin of the Bengali Script, University of Calcutta available in Wikimedia Commons