Bhalan (Gujarati: ભાલણ) (b. 15th century in Patan in the present-day Gujarat state in India), was a famous Gujarati poet of the medieval period. Also a scholar of Sanskrit literature, he is considered a major contributor in Bhakti-kal in Gujarati literature.[1]
Works
editAccording to Narsinhrao Divetia, his best works are Kadambari and Nalakhyan.[2] Kadambari is an abridged Gujarati rendering of Banabhatta's well-known Sanskrit prose work Kadambari in verse.[1] He extracted the pulp from the Puranas and converted it into various significant works, which include Nalakhyan, Shiv-Bhiladi Samvad, Durvasa Akhyan, Mrugi Akhyan, Jalandhar Akhyan, Mamaki Akhyan, Chandi Akhyan and Dhruv Akhyan. He was an exponent of the genres of the Akhyana and Kavita in Gujarati literature.
Bhalan also wrote the poems Ram Balacharita and Krishna Balacharita, which describe the depth of the childness of both gods. Bhalan was the first Gujarati writer to use the word, Gujarabhasha (Gujarati language) in his Nalakhyan to describe the language of his poem.
References
edit- ^ a b Sheldon Pollock (19 May 2003). Literary Cultures in History: Reconstructions from South Asia. California: University of California Press. p. 580. ISBN 978-0-520-22821-4. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ Narsinhrao Bholanath Divetia (1993). Gujarati Language and Literature. New Delhi: Asian Educational Services. p. 219. ISBN 978-81-206-0648-7. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- Milestones in Gujarati Literature by K M Jhaveri.
- Brahmbhatt, Prasad, Kavyasarita. (Literary Criticism of the evolution of Poetry). Ahmedabad: Parshwa Publication, 2003.
- Trivedi, Ramesh. M. Arvachin Gujarati Sahityano Itihaas (History of Modern Gujarati Literature). Ahmedabad: Adarsh Prakashan, 1994.
- Trivedi, Ramesh. M. Gujarati Sahityano Itihaas (History of Gujarati Literature). Ahmedabad: Adarsh Prakashan, 2005.
Further reading
edit- Shastri, Keshavram Kashiram (1958). ભાલણ : એક અધ્યયન [Bhalan : A Study]. OCLC 78491478.
External links
edit- Bhalan's Nalakhyana at Internet Archive
- History of Gujarati Literature
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