The
Charyapada (,
Chôrjapôdô;
Sôrzapôd; ) is a collection of mystical poems,
songs of realization in the
Vajrayana tradition of Buddhism. It was written in an
Abahatta that was the common ancestor of Bengali, Assamese,
Maithili and Odia between the 8th and 12th centuries and it is said to be the oldest collection of verses written in those languages. A palm-leaf manuscript of the
Charyapada was rediscovered in the early 20th century by
Haraprasad Shastri at the Nepal Royal Court Library. The
Charyapada was also preserved in the Tibetan Buddhist canon.