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	'''Shamal Bhatt''' ~~([[Gujarati language\|Gujarati]]: શામળ ભટ્ટ)~~ was a [[Gujarati people\|Gujarati]] narrative poet of the medieval [[Gujarati literature]]. He is known for his "padya-vaarta" (narrative poetry).<ref name="Lal1992">{{cite book\|author=Mohan Lal\|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: sasay to zorgot\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&pg=PA3967\|year=1992\|publisher=Sahitya Akademi\|isbn=978-81-260-1221-3\|page=3967}}</ref>		'''Shamal Bhatt''' was a [[Gujarati people\|Gujarati]] narrative poet of the medieval [[Gujarati literature]]. He is known for his "padya-vaarta" (narrative poetry).<ref name="Lal1992">{{cite book\|author=Mohan Lal\|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: sasay to zorgot\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&pg=PA3967\|year=1992\|publisher=Sahitya Akademi\|isbn=978-81-260-1221-3\|page=3967}}</ref>

	==Life==		==Life==
	The dates of his birth ~~differs~~ according to sources. He was born either in 1694 or in ~~1718~~. His father's name was Vireshwar and mother's name was Anandibai. Nana Bhatt was his teacher. He was born in Veganpur (Now Gomtipur in [[Ahmedabad]]). He had difficulty in earning due to competition of traditional story-teller ''Purani''s and Bhavaiyas who performed [[Bhavai]]. Thus he drawn stories from his predecessors and reinterpreted them in popular form to captivate his audience. He later moved to Sinhuj (near [[Mahemdavad]] now) on request and help of Rakhidas, a landlord. He died either in 1769 or in 1765.<ref name="Lal1992"/><ref name="Schouten2008">{{cite book\|author=Jan Peter Schouten\|title=Jesus as Guru: The Image of Christ Among Hindus and Christians in India\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pIoKdTH7KPsC&pg=PA134\|year=2008\|publisher=Rodopi\|isbn=978-90-420-2443-4\|page=134}}</ref><ref name=ngs>{{cite news\|url=http://m.navgujaratsamay.com/celebrating-gujarat/art-culture/first-gujarat-story-writer-shamal-was-from-ahmedabads-gomtipur-area/articleshow/31290076.cms\|work=Navgujarat Samay\|date=2 March 2014\|title=પહેલો ગુજરાતી વાર્તાકાર શામળ ગોમતીપુરનો રહેવાસી હતો (English: The first Gujarati story teller Samal was from Gomtipur)\|accessdate =29 August 2014\|language =Gujarati}}</ref>		The dates of his birth differ according to sources. He was born either in 1694 or in 1766. His father's name was Vireshwar and mother's name was Anandibai. Nana Bhatt was his teacher. He was born in Veganpur (Now Gomtipur in [[Ahmedabad]]). He had difficulty in earning due to competition of traditional story-teller ''Purani''s and Bhavaiyas who performed [[Bhavai]]. Thus he has drawn stories from his predecessors and reinterpreted them in popular form to captivate his audience. He later moved to Sinhuj (near [[Mahemdavad]] now) on request and help of Rakhidas, a landlord. He died either in 1769 or in 1765.<ref name="Lal1992"/><ref name="Schouten2008">{{cite book\|author=Jan Peter Schouten\|title=Jesus as Guru: The Image of Christ Among Hindus and Christians in India\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pIoKdTH7KPsC&pg=PA134\|year=2008\|publisher=Rodopi\|isbn=978-90-420-2443-4\|page=134}}</ref><ref name=ngs>{{cite news\|url=http://m.navgujaratsamay.com/celebrating-gujarat/art-culture/first-gujarat-story-writer-shamal-was-from-ahmedabads-gomtipur-area/articleshow/31290076.cms\|work=Navgujarat Samay\|date=2 March 2014\|title=પહેલો ગુજરાતી વાર્તાકાર શામળ ગોમતીપુરનો રહેવાસી હતો (English: The first Gujarati story teller Samal was from Gomtipur)\|accessdate=29 August 2014\|language=Gujarati\|archive-date=4 March 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035734/http://m.navgujaratsamay.com/celebrating-gujarat/art-culture/first-gujarat-story-writer-shamal-was-from-ahmedabads-gomtipur-area/articleshow/31290076.cms\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	==Works==		==Works==
	Shamal has composed 26 works. His narrative poetry was based on many Sanskrit works of his predecessors and folk tales. He adapted them in narrative poetry and added his imagination. Some of those Sanskrit works are ''Simhasana Dvatrinshika'', ''Vetalpanchvinshanti'', ''Shukasaptati'', ''Bhojaprabandha''. His prominent works are ''Simhasana Battisi'', ''Vetal Pachchisi'', ''Suda Bahoteri''. ~~These all~~ three works had format of tales within tales. They have many magical and imaginative things like transportation of souls, flying shoes and speaking animals. Vikram was the lead character in them. They also contained riddles and [[aphorism]]s. His other works include ''Nand-Batrisi'', ''Shukadevakhyan'', ''Rakhidas Charitra'', ''Vanechar ni Varta'', ''Panch-danda'', ''Bhadra-Bhamini'', ''Rewa-Khand'', ''Chandra-Chandraawati'', ''Madan-Mohana'', ''Padmavati'', ''Baras Kasturi''. Chhappas (six stanza epigrams) are incorporated in these tales which ~~describes~~ wisdom and wit.<ref name="Lal1992"/><ref name=ngs/><ref name="Maniar1969">{{cite book\|author=Umedbhai M. Maniar\|title=The Influence of English on Gujarati Poetry\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HG_RAAAAMAAJ\|year=1969\|publisher=Faculty of Arts, M. S. University of Baroda\|pages=26–27}}</ref>		Shamal has composed 26 works. His narrative poetry was based on many Sanskrit works of his predecessors and folk tales. He adapted them in narrative poetry and added his imagination. Some of those Sanskrit works are ''Simhasana Dvatrinshika'', ''Vetalpanchvinshanti'', ''Shukasaptati'', ''Bhojaprabandha''. His prominent works are ''Simhasana Battisi'', ''Vetal Pachchisi'', ''Suda Bahoteri''. All three of these works had format of tales within tales. They have many magical and imaginative things like transportation of souls, flying shoes and speaking animals. Vikram was the lead character in them. They also contained riddles and [[aphorism]]s. His other works include ''Nand-Batrisi'', ''Shukadevakhyan'', ''Rakhidas Charitra'', ''Vanechar ni Varta'', ''Panch-danda'', ''Bhadra-Bhamini'', ''Rewa-Khand'', ''Chandra-Chandraawati'', ''Madan-Mohana'', ''Padmavati'', ''Baras Kasturi''. Chhappas (six stanza epigrams) are incorporated in these tales which describe wisdom and wit.<ref name="Lal1992"/><ref name=ngs/><ref name="Maniar1969">{{cite book\|author=Umedbhai M. Maniar\|title=The Influence of English on Gujarati Poetry\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HG_RAAAAMAAJ\|year=1969\|publisher=Faculty of Arts, M. S. University of Baroda\|pages=26–27}}</ref>

	''Angada-vishti'', ''Ravana-Mandodari Samvad'', ''Draupadi-Vastraharan'', ''Shivpuran'' are [[akhyana]]s based on [[Hindu mythology]] and epics. Other works are ''Patai Raval no Garbo'', ''Ranchhodji na Shloko'', ''Bodana-akhyan'', ''Udyam-Karma-Samvad''.<ref name="Lal1992"/><ref name=ngs/><ref name="Maniar1969"/>		''Angada-vishti'', ''Ravana-Mandodari Samvad'', ''Draupadi-Vastraharan'', ''Shivpuran'' are [[akhyana]]s based on [[Hindu mythology]] and epics. Other works are ''Patai Raval no Garbo'', ''Ranchhodji na Shloko'', ''Bodana-akhyan'', ''Udyam-Karma-Samvad''.<ref name="Lal1992"/><ref name=ngs/><ref name="Maniar1969"/>

	One of his poems inspired [[Mahatma Gandhi]] the philosophy of [[satyagraha]], the resistance to authority through mass civil disobedience.<ref name="Schouten2008"/><ref>{{cite book\|title=Mahatma Gandhi\|last=Ghose\|first=Sankar\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cS5U7JkYXN8C&pg=PA72\|date=January 1991\|isbn=9788170232056}}</ref><ref name="Gandhi2007">{{cite book\|author=Rajmohan Gandhi\|title=Mohandas: True Story of a Man, His People\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-FDI8LkGsIAC&pg=PT22\|date=9 October 2007\|publisher=Penguin Books Limited\|isbn=978-81-8475-317-2\|pages=22–}}</ref>		One of his poems inspired [[Mahatma Gandhi]] to adopt the philosophy of [[satyagraha]], the resistance to authority through mass civil disobedience.<ref name="Schouten2008"/><ref>{{cite book\|title=Mahatma Gandhi\|last=Ghose\|first=Sankar\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cS5U7JkYXN8C&pg=PA72\|date=January 1991\|publisher=Allied Publishers \|isbn=9788170232056}}</ref><ref name="Gandhi2007">{{cite book\|author=Rajmohan Gandhi\|title=Mohandas: True Story of a Man, His People\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-FDI8LkGsIAC&pg=PT22\|date=9 October 2007\|publisher=Penguin Books Limited\|isbn=978-81-8475-317-2\|pages=22–}}</ref>

	==Further reading==		==Further reading==

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'''Shamal Bhatt''' ([[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]: શામળ ભટ્ટ) was a [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] narrative poet of the medieval [[Gujarati literature]]. He is known for his "padya-vaarta" (narrative poetry).<ref name="Lal1992">{{cite book|author=Mohan Lal|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: sasay to zorgot|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&pg=PA3967|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1221-3|page=3967}}</ref>

==Life==
The dates of his birth differs according to sources. He was born either in 1694 or in 1718. His father's name was Vireshwar and mother's name was Anandibai. Nana Bhatt was his teacher. He was born in Veganpur (Now Gomtipur in [[Ahmedabad]]). He had difficulty in earning due to competition of traditional story-teller ''Purani''s and Bhavaiyas who performed [[Bhavai]]. Thus he drawn stories from his predecessors and reinterpreted them in popular form to captivate his audience. He later moved to Sinhuj (near [[Mahemdavad]] now) on request and help of Rakhidas, a landlord. He died either in 1769 or in 1765.<ref name="Lal1992"/><ref name="Schouten2008">{{cite book|author=Jan Peter Schouten|title=Jesus as Guru: The Image of Christ Among Hindus and Christians in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pIoKdTH7KPsC&pg=PA134|year=2008|publisher=Rodopi|isbn=978-90-420-2443-4|page=134}}</ref><ref name=ngs>{{cite news|url=http://m.navgujaratsamay.com/celebrating-gujarat/art-culture/first-gujarat-story-writer-shamal-was-from-ahmedabads-gomtipur-area/articleshow/31290076.cms|work=Navgujarat Samay|date=2 March 2014|title=પહેલો ગુજરાતી વાર્તાકાર શામળ ગોમતીપુરનો રહેવાસી હતો (English: The first Gujarati story teller Samal was from Gomtipur)|accessdate =29 August 2014|language =Gujarati}}</ref>

==Works==
Shamal has composed 26 works. His narrative poetry was based on many Sanskrit works of his predecessors and folk tales. He adapted them in narrative poetry and added his imagination. Some of those Sanskrit works are ''Simhasana Dvatrinshika'', ''Vetalpanchvinshanti'', ''Shukasaptati'', ''Bhojaprabandha''. His prominent works are ''Simhasana Battisi'', ''Vetal Pachchisi'', ''Suda Bahoteri''. These all three works had format of tales within tales. They have many magical and imaginative things like transportation of souls, flying shoes and speaking animals. Vikram was the lead character in them. They also contained riddles and [[aphorism]]s. His other works include ''Nand-Batrisi'', ''Shukadevakhyan'', ''Rakhidas Charitra'', ''Vanechar ni Varta'', ''Panch-danda'', ''Bhadra-Bhamini'', ''Rewa-Khand'', ''Chandra-Chandraawati'', ''Madan-Mohana'', ''Padmavati'', ''Baras Kasturi''. Chhappas (six stanza epigrams) are incorporated in these tales which describes wisdom and wit.<ref name="Lal1992"/><ref name=ngs/><ref name="Maniar1969">{{cite book|author=Umedbhai M. Maniar|title=The Influence of English on Gujarati Poetry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HG_RAAAAMAAJ|year=1969|publisher=Faculty of Arts, M. S. University of Baroda|pages=26–27}}</ref>

''Angada-vishti'', ''Ravana-Mandodari Samvad'', ''Draupadi-Vastraharan'', ''Shivpuran'' are [[akhyana]]s based on [[Hindu mythology]] and epics. Other works are ''Patai Raval no Garbo'', ''Ranchhodji na Shloko'', ''Bodana-akhyan'', ''Udyam-Karma-Samvad''.<ref name="Lal1992"/><ref name=ngs/><ref name="Maniar1969"/>

One of his poems inspired [[Mahatma Gandhi]] the philosophy of [[satyagraha]], the resistance to authority through mass civil disobedience.<ref name="Schouten2008"/><ref>{{cite book|title=Mahatma Gandhi|last=Ghose|first=Sankar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cS5U7JkYXN8C&pg=PA72|date=January 1991|isbn=9788170232056}}</ref><ref name="Gandhi2007">{{cite book|author=Rajmohan Gandhi|title=Mohandas: True Story of a Man, His People|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-FDI8LkGsIAC&pg=PT22|date=9 October 2007|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-81-8475-317-2|pages=22–}}</ref>

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last=Trivedi |first=Navalram Jagannatha |title=Shamalnu Vartasahitya |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.411286 |year=1948 |publisher=[[Gujarat Vidhya Sabha]] |location=Ahmedabad |oclc=7247331}}
* {{cite book|last=Parikh|first=Dhiru|authorlink=Dhiru Parikh|title=Shamal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7XQhAAAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|oclc=24012510}}

==References==
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==External links==
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