''Sudarshan'' () was a

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magazine founded and edited by Indian writer

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History

While a professor at

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, the Indian writer

Manilal Dwivedi Manilal Nabhubhai Dwivedi (; 26 September 1858 – 1 October 1898) was a Gujarati-language writer, philosopher, and social thinker from British India, commonly referred to as Manilal in literary circles. He was an influential figure in 19th-ce ...

started a monthly magazine, ''

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'', in August 1885. Its aim was to educate women. He discontinued it in September 1890 after realizing that it would not flourish so long as it addressed only women readers, and converted it into the monthly magazine ''Sudarshan'', expanding its scope to all of the topics he considered important, and aiming it at society at large. The motto of the magazine was ''Satyam Param Dhimahi'' (), meaning 'may we meditate upon the Supreme Truth'. After Manilal's death, his disciple and close friend

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, at the insistence of Mansukhram Tripathi, took over the editorship of ''Sudarshan''. He held this post for four years, and after Dhruv started his own magazine, ''

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'', in 1902, the editorship was taken over by Manilal's elder brother Madhavlal Nabhubhai Dwivedi. Madhavlal edited it for about two years. There are no surviving copies of the magazine after January 1904, and it is unknown when it ceased to publish.

As well as running regular features such as book-reviews, articles on social and political problems and some creative writing, Manilal published three important series of articles in ''Sudarshan'': ''Abhyas'' (Practice; December 1894 – September 1898); ''Purva ane Pashchim'' (East and West); and ''Gujaratna Lekhako'' (Writers of Gujarat). These, according to the writer

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, are the best products of Manilal's reflective and creative faculties. Manilal's last and the most famous poem, ''

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'', was published in ''Sudarshan'' (vol. 14, issue 1), on 1 October 1898, the same day that Manilal died.

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's first poem, ''Fakiri Hal'', was first published in ''Sudarshan'' in November 1892 issue.

Subscribers

At Manilal's death the number of subscribers was 371. They included Sir Chinubhai Madhavlal,

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, Manibhai Jashbhai, Baa Saheb Bairajba, Lallubhai Shamaldas,

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, Mansukhram Tripathi and

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'Kant'.

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