Moropant

Who was Moropant?

Moropant Ramchandra Paradkar, popularly known in Maharashtra as Moropant or Mayur Pandit, was a Karhade Brahmin Marathi poet who was the last among those classified by Marathi literary scholars as pandit poets.

Moropant had planned to write 108 Ramayan-s, but the actual number written by him comes to 94-95. Some of the versions probably cover only a stanza or two or five. He wrote Niroshhth Ramayan, which eschews all consonants of pa-varga. Since labial or oshhthya consonants are absent, it is called Nirishhtha Ramayan. Some versions were dedicated to a single poetic metre, like Vibudhapriya-Ramayan and Panch-chaamara Ramayan.

He is most famous for his mastery over Arya and Pruthvi chhanda-s. Kekavali was his last major work, which he finished in early 1790s.

The following are some of the works of Moropant:

Aryabaharat

Marathi Ramayan

Arya-Kekavali