Razmnama
Sign in to saveThe Razmnāma (Book of War) (رزم نامہ) is a Persian translation of the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata, commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Akbar. In 1574, Akbar started a Maktab Khana or "House of Translation" in his new capital at Fatehpur Sikri. He assigned a group to translate the Sanskrit books Rajatarangini, Ramayana, and Mahabharata into the Persian language, the literary language of the Mughal court.
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- Author
- Asok Kumar Das
- First published
- 2005
- Editions
- 2
- Subjects
- Mahābhārata, Mogul Painting, Mogul Empire Painting, Mogul Empire Illumination of books and manuscripts, Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts, Mogul Empire Miniature painting
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Key facts
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- File:Brooklyn Museum - Leaf from a Razm-nama Manuscript - Mohan (Son of Banwari).jpg
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- Leaf of the Razmnama, c. 1598-1599
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- FaiziVyasa (traditionally)
- Religious text.language
- Classical Persian
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- Reign of Emperor Akbar
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- Razmnāma
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- رزم نامہ
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Article
6 sectionsContents
- Translation process
- First copy
- Second copy
- See also
- References
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The Razmnāma (Book of War) (رزم نامہ) is a Persian translation of the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata, commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Akbar. In 1574, Akbar started a Maktab Khana or "House of Translation" in his new capital at Fatehpur Sikri. He assigned a group to translate the Sanskrit books Rajatarangini, Ramayana, and Mahabharata into the Persian language, the literary language of the Mughal court.
Akbar's court translations were made in several steps: the meaning was explained by Hindu scholars and a first draft was made by the Muslim theologian Naqib Khan into Persian and this was then improved upon by Faizi into elegant prose or verse. In Persian, “Razm” means “war” and "nama" means "tale", "history", or "epic"; the name Razmnamah, therefore, means a tale of war.