Bhānubhakta

…were followed in mid-century by Bhānubhakta, whose Nepali version of the Rāmāyaṇa achieved great popularity for the colloquial flavour of its language, its religious sincerity, and its realistic natural descriptions. The poet Lekhnāth Pauḍyāl in the early 20th century also tended to the colloquial and used the rhythms of popular…