''Mangal Prabhat'' is a book by

Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2October 186930January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalism, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethics, political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful Indian ...

. It was published posthumously in 1958 with the preface written by Dattatreya Balkrishna Kalelkar.

Origin and publication history

Gandhi used to deliver a speech on the Ashram vows every Tuesday after prayers. These speeches later compiled by Narandas Gandhi and was published as a book ''Mangal Prabhat'' in 1958.

Summary

''Mangal Prabhat'' discusses the

eleven vows Eleven vows (''Ekadash vrat'') were part of the ethical system prescribed by Mahatma Gandhi mainly for all those residing in the ashram. Gandhi insisted on observance of these eleven vows in Ashram. The vows A book originally published in Guja ...

taken by Gandhi in detail.

Translation

The book was translated into

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

by Amritlal Thakordas Nanavaty. It was also adapted into verse in

Marathi language Marathi (; , 𑘦𑘨𑘰𑘙𑘲, , ) is a Classical languages of India, classical Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by Marathi people in the Indian state of Maharashtra and is also spoken in Goa, and parts of Guj ...

and was titles ''Abhang Vraten''.

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''Mangal Prabhat''

''Mangal Prabhat''
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