Chandi Charitar I

Chandi Charitar Ukti Bilas is divided into eight cantos, and consists of 233 couplets and quatrains,[9][3] employing seven different poetic metres, with Savaiya and Dohara predominating.

The source of the story mentioned is Durga Saptasati, which is a portion of the Markandeya Purana, from chapters 81 to 94.ਇਤਿ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਮਾਰਕੰਡੇ ਪੁਰਾਨੇ ਚੰਡੀ ਚਰਿਤ੍ਰ ਉਕਤਿ ਬਿਲਾਸ ਮਧਕੈਟਭ ਬਧਹਿ ਪ੍ਰਥਮ ਧਿਆਇ ॥੧॥ eit sree maaraka(n)dde puraane cha(n)ddee charitr ukat bilaas madhakaiTabh badheh pratham dhiaai ||1||

End of the First Chapter of ‘The Killing of Madhu and Kaitabh’ as described in Chandi Charitra Ukati of the Markandeya Purana.1.The language of the composition is Braj.

Ukti Bilas was composed at Anandpur Sahib, before 1698, the year when the Bichitra Natak was completed.

The concluding lines from the last canto of Chandi Charitra Ukti Bilas in a Dasam Granth manuscript preserved at Patna mention 1752 Bk / AD 1695 as the year of completion.

Chandi Charitar section from an old manuscript of the Dasam Granth. A 'kattar' (Indic push dagger) is visible due to the creative usage of ink colours by the scribe