Kashmiri Literature from 14th to 16th Century
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The Kashmir Literature was firstly inaugurated by two great personalities of spirituality “Lal Ded” and Shaikh-Ul- Aalam. No doubt there are some literary works in Kashmiri before these two poets, but the poetry of Lal Ded and Shik-Ul-Aalam considered as earliest literary work in Kashmiri. Before them “Shati Kant” writes “Mahnie Prakash” in twelfth century is a work of 94 Vakhs followed by Sanskrit translation. Shiti Kant followed the philosophy of Trika Shivism and used Sanskrit as a medium of expression.
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