Bhalan
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Bhalan (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 as major contributor in Bhakti-kal in Gujarati literature
.
is an abridged Gujarati rendering of Banabhatta
's well-known Sanskrit
prose work in verse. 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 pioneered the genres of the akhyan and kavita in Gujarati literature
: He is also known as father of the akhyan genre.
Bhalan had also created beautiful poems Ram Balacharita and Krishna Balacharita. These poems describe the depth of the childness of both gods. Bhalan was the first Gujarati writer, who used the word, Gujarabhasha (Gujarati language) in his Nalakhyan to describe the language of his poem.
Patan, Gujarat
Patan was a capital of Gujarat in medieval times. It is the administrative seat of Patan District in the Indian state of Gujarat and administered by municipality. The city contains many Hindu and Jain temples as well as few mosques, dargahs and rojas...
in the present-day Gujarat state in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
) was a famous Gujarati
Gujarati language
Gujarati is an Indo-Aryan language, and part of the greater Indo-European language family. It is derived from a language called Old Gujarati which is the ancestor language of the modern Gujarati and Rajasthani languages...
poet of the medieval period. Also a scholar of Sanskrit
Sanskrit
Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
literature, he is considered as major contributor in Bhakti-kal in Gujarati literature
Gujarati literature
The history of Gujarati literature may be traced to 1000 AD, and this literature has flourished since then to the present. It is unique in having almost no patronage from a ruling dynasty, other than its composers...
.
Works
Bhalan's KadambariKadambari
Kādambari is a romantic novel in Sanskrit. It was substantially composed by Bānabhatta in the first half of the 7th century, who did not survive to see it through completion. The novel was completed by Banabhatta's son Bhushanabhatta, according to the plan laid out by his late father...
is an abridged Gujarati rendering of Banabhatta
Banabhatta
Bāṇabhaṭṭa , also known as Bāṇa, was a Sanskrit scholar and poet of India. He was the Asthana Kavi in the court of King Harshavardhana, who reigned in the years c. 606–647 CE in north India...
's well-known Sanskrit
Sanskrit
Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
prose work in verse. He extracted the pulp from the Puranas
Puranas
The Puranas are a genre of important Hindu, Jain and Buddhist religious texts, notably consisting of narratives of the history of the universe from creation to destruction, genealogies of kings, heroes, sages, and demigods, and descriptions of Hindu cosmology, philosophy, and geography.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 pioneered the genres of the akhyan and kavita in Gujarati literature
Gujarati literature
The history of Gujarati literature may be traced to 1000 AD, and this literature has flourished since then to the present. It is unique in having almost no patronage from a ruling dynasty, other than its composers...
: He is also known as father of the akhyan genre.
Bhalan had also created beautiful poems Ram Balacharita and Krishna Balacharita. These poems describe the depth of the childness of both gods. Bhalan was the first Gujarati writer, who used the word, Gujarabhasha (Gujarati language) in his Nalakhyan to describe the language of his poem.