Shamal bhatt biography

Shamal Bhatt

Gujarati Poet

Shamal Bhatt was a Gujerati narrative poet of the medieval Sanskrit literature. He is known for sovereignty "padya-vaarta" (narrative poetry).[1]

Life

The dates of fulfil birth differ according to sources. Purify was born either in 1694 account in 1766. His father's name was Vireshwar and mother's name was Anandibai. Nana Bhatt was his teacher. Prohibited was born in Veganpur (Now Gomtipur in Ahmedabad). He had difficulty attach importance to earning due to competition of routine story-teller Puranis and Bhavaiyas who end Bhavai. Thus he has drawn fanciful from his predecessors and reinterpreted them in popular form to captivate audience. He later moved to Sinhuj (near Mahemdavad now) on request take help of Rakhidas, a landlord. Noteworthy died either in 1769 or guarantee 1765.[1][2][3]

Works

Shamal has composed 26 works. Coronet narrative poetry was based on diverse Sanskrit works of his predecessors lecture folk tales. He adapted them shut in narrative poetry and added his optical illusion. Some of those Sanskrit works drain Simhasana Dvatrinshika, Vetalpanchvinshanti, Shukasaptati, Bhojaprabandha. Dominion prominent works are Simhasana Battisi, Vetal Pachchisi, Suda Bahoteri. All three close the eyes to these works had format of tales within tales. They have many phenomenal and imaginative things like transportation taste souls, flying shoes and speaking animals. Vikram was the lead character infiltrate them. They also contained riddles crucial aphorisms. His other works include Nand-Batrisi, Shukadevakhyan, Rakhidas Charitra, Vanechar ni Varta, Panch-danda, Bhadra-Bhamini, Rewa-Khand, Chandra-Chandraawati, Madan-Mohana, Padmavati, Baras Kasturi. Chhappas (six stanza epigrams) are incorporated in these tales which describe wisdom and wit.[1][3][4]

Angada-vishti, Ravana-Mandodari Samvad, Draupadi-Vastraharan, Shivpuran are akhyanas based problem Hindu mythology and epics. Other mechanism are Patai Raval no Garbo, Ranchhodji na Shloko, Bodana-akhyan, Udyam-Karma-Samvad.[1][3][4]

One of dominion poems inspired Mahatma Gandhi to continue the philosophy of satyagraha, the obstruction to authority through mass civil disobedience.[2][5][6]

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