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{{Infobox person
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| name = Shridhar Vyas
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| birth_date = later 14th century
| birth_place = [[Idar State|Idar]]
| death_date =
| death_place = [[Idar State|Idar]]
| occupation = Poet Warrior Advisor
| notable_works = {{flatlist|
*''Ranmall Chhand''
*''Dasham Skandh''
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| children =
| father =
}}

'''Shridhar Vyas''' was a 14th-15th century poet from western India. He is known for his historical and heroic poetry, ''Ranmall Chhand''.<ref name="Moraes1972">{{cite book|author=[[George M. Moraes]]|title=Historiography in Indian languages: Dr. G.M. Moraes felicitation volume|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ngIcAQAAMAAJ|year=1972|publisher=Oriental Publishers|page=142}}</ref>

==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.<ref name="Lal1992">{{cite book|last=Lal|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&pg=PA4607|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1221-3|pages=4607–4608}}</ref><ref name=a/><ref name="JhaveriAkademi1978">{{cite book|author=Mansukhlal Maganlal Jhaveri|author-link=Mansukhlal Maganlal Jhaveri|title=History of Gujarati Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DA0RAAAAMAAJ|year=1978|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|page=17}}</ref>

He is associated with Ranmall, the [[Rathore dynasty|Rathore]] Rajput ruler of [[Idar State|Idar]].<ref name="Lal1992"/>

==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 [[Anhilwad Patan]] appointed by [[Delhi Sultanate]], at [[Ahmedabad]] by Ranmall in 1398.<ref name="Ayyappappanikkar1997">{{cite book|author=Ayyappappanikkar|title=Medieval Indian Literature: An Anthology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KYLpvaKJIMEC&pg=PA455|date=1 January 1997|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-0365-5|page=455}}</ref><ref name=a>{{cite book|title=Milestones in Gujarati Literature: By Krishnalal Mohanlal Jhaveri|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YEvvOwAACAAJ|year=1924|publisher=Gujarati Printing Press|page=62}}</ref><ref name="India1979">{{cite book|author=Institute of Historical Studies (Calcutta, India)|title=Historical biography in Indian literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wKIfAAAAMAAJ|year=1979|publisher=Institute of Historical Studies|page=200}}</ref> It is considered one of the best heroic poetry of [[Old Gujarati]] 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.<ref name=a/><ref name="Lal1992"/><ref name="Sharma1992">{{cite book|author=Sita Ram Sharma|title=Gujarati|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-IVhAAAAMAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Anmol Publications|isbn=978-81-7041-545-9|page=56}}</ref>

His ''Dasham Skandh'' is a Gujarati version of the 10th book of ''[[Bhagavata Purana]]''. There are only 127 verses of its incomplete form available due to fragmentary manuscript.<ref name="Lal1992"/>

He has also written ''Saptashati Chhand'' or ''Ishvari Chhand'' which is also heroic poem based on ''[[Devi Mahatmya|Durga Saptashi]]'', the part of ''[[Markandeya Purana]]''. It has 120 verses.<ref name="Lal1992"/>

==See also==
* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://gujaratonline.com/arts/sahitya.htm History of Gujarati Literature]

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[[Category:Gujarati-language poets]]
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[[Category:14th-century Indian poets]]
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[[Category:Poets from Gujarat]]
[[Category:Rajasthani literature]]

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