Krittibas Ojha ( Bangla: কৄত্তিবাস ওঝা) or Kirttibas Ojha[Sen, Sukumar (1991, reprint 2007). Bangala Sahityer Itihas, Vol.I, , Kolkata: Ananda Publishers, ISBN 81-7066-966-9, pp.105-10], was a medieval Bengali poet. His major contribution to Bangla literature and culture was the translation of the great Indian epic of Ramayana to Bangla. Krittibas Ojha was a Brahmin by caste. His work, the Sri Ram Panchali[ is popularly known as the Krittivasi Ramayan. In 1803, his work, edited by Jaygopal Tarkalamkar, was published by the Serampore Mission Press.]
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