Damodar Botadkar

Damodar Botadkar
Damodar Botadkar
Born	27 November 1870; Botad, Gujarat, India
Died	7 September 1924 (aged 53)
Occupation	poet
Language	Gujarati

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Damodar Khushaldas Botadkar was a Gujarati language poet of early 20th century.

Life[edit]

Botadkar was born in Botad on 27 November 1870. He had primary education and started teaching at age of thirteen. He tried multiple businesses but failed. In 1893, he went to Bombay with Vaishnav Pushtimarg saint and started editing their religious publication. He learned Sanskrit there and returned to home in 1907 due to health issues. He again started teaching in schools.^[1]^[2]

He died on 7 September 1924.^[1]^[2]

Works[edit]

Botadkar published a play titled Swayamvar Vidhithi Sukhi Dampati nu Natak. His earlier poem cillections include Gokulgeeta, Rasvarnan, Subodh Kavyasangraha. His Sanskrit-laden poetry collections Kallolini (1912), Srotsvini (1918), Nirjharini ( 1921) were followed by Ras-tarangini (1923), the folk and traditional Rasa or Garba styled poetry with simple and traditional tunes and diction. It was chiefly focused on traditional family life and styles of females and social life of that time. They are termed as Rasa poems. His Shaivalini (1925) was published posthumously.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Damodar Botadkar" (in Gujarati). Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. Retrieved 1 August 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Datta, Amaresh (1987). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 571–572. ISBN 978-81-260-1803-1. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
↑ Sisir Kumar Das (1 January 1995). History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956, struggle for freedom : triumph and tragedy. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 582–. ISBN 978-81-7201-798-9.
↑ Nalini Natarajan; Emmanuel Sampath Nelson (1 January 1996). Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 108–. ISBN 978-0-313-28778-7. Retrieved 1 August 2014.

External links[edit]

Damodar Botadkar on GujLit

[gsp-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Damodar Botadkar" (in Gujarati). Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. Retrieved 1 August 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[Datta1987-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Datta, Amaresh (1987). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 571–572. ISBN 978-81-260-1803-1. Retrieved 1 August 2014.

[Das1995-3] Sisir Kumar Das (1 January 1995). History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956, struggle for freedom : triumph and tragedy. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 582–. ISBN 978-81-7201-798-9.

[NatarajanNelson1996-4] Nalini Natarajan; Emmanuel Sampath Nelson (1 January 1996). Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 108–. ISBN 978-0-313-28778-7. Retrieved 1 August 2014.

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