কোজাগর कोजागर kojāgar
Buddhadeb Guha (1936-) wrote this novel in 1987 on the life of tribal people in Bengal & Bihar. The word kojāgara is interesting, it means a full moon night of Ashwin-Kartik months, when Goddess Lakshmi is worshipped.1/3
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It is believed that on this night, Goddess Lakshmi visits the earth and is pleased with those she finds awake and celebrating the night. Goddess asks ‘who is awake? [ कः + जागर]’, hence the night is spent in festivity in honor of the goddess. 2/3
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As in Bengali - অ (র্ত্তৃ) যে তিথিতে লক্ষ্মী বলেন আজি নারিকেলের জল পান করিয়া কে জাগিয়া আছ, এস তাকে সম্পত্তি দান করিব] বি
The novel was translated in English as ''The Bounty of the Goddess'' (2004) 3/3
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Interesting excerpt from the Hindi translation of the novel titled कोजागर 😀
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