''Purvalap'' () is a posthumously published collection of poems by Manishankar Ratnji Bhatt alias Kavi Kant, in 1923. Kant has invented a new form of ''Khandkavya'' by blending the

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concepts of

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. Kant has given many literary significant poems by this work such as ''Vasant vijay'', ''Chakravakmithun'', ''Devyani'' and ''Sagar Ane Shashi''.

Content

The poems of this book mainly deals with the fusion of personal life and impersonal pursuit. The poem '' Vasant Vijay'' deals with a significant moment before

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's death. It deals with cursed Pandu's sexual desire with his wife

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resulting in his death. Another poems namely ''Chakravakmithun'' is based on a popular myth of ''Chakravaks'', the bird pair, doomed to be separated every evening. There are few more poems, such as ''Viprayoga'', ''Manohar murti'' and ''Apni rat'' which express intensity of love for his wife.

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Purvalap
on Ekatra Foundation Gujarati-language books 1923 poems Indian poetry collections {{India-lit-stub