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Shridhar Vyas was a 14th-15th century poet from western India. He is known for his historical and heroic poetry, ''Ranmall Chhand''.


Life

There is not much information regarding his personal life. ''Vyas'' is a designation of the Brahman performing religious tasks in royal households or society. He was probably an officer in royal court with this designation. K. M. Munshi portrays him as a poet patronized by the king. He is associated with Ranmall, the Rathore Rajput ruler of Idar.


Works

He is known for ''Ranmall Chhand'', the historic-heroic poem written circa 1400. It describes the defeat of Muzzafar Shah I (Zafar Khan), the Muslim governor of
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by Ranmall in 1398. It is considered one of the best heroic poetry of
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which is mixed with Avahatatha, the artificial literary speech of court poets. He may have personally witnessed the battle. It is also historical work as its veracity can be verified by contemporary Muslim chronicles. The poem starts with ten Sanskrit verses followed by 60 Gujarati verses full of words of Persian and Arabic origin. It employs words with consonants to produce heroic feelings. His description of battle, characterization of hero and metrical patterns made it unique in Gujarati literature. His ''Dasham Skandh'' is a Gujarati version of the 10th book of ''
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''. There are only 127 verses of its incomplete form available due to fragmentary manuscript. He has also written ''Saptashati Chhand'' or ''Ishvari Chhand'' which is also heroic poem based on '' Durga Saptashi'', the part of ''
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''. It has 120 verses.


See also

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List of Gujarati-language writers The following is an alphabetical list of Gujarati writers who has contributed in Gujarati literature; presenting an overview of notable authors, journalists, novelists, playwrights, poets and screenwriters who have released literary works in the Gu ...


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History of Gujarati Literature
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