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Trun No Grah
તૃણનો ગ્રહ
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AuthorUshnas
CountryIndia
LanguageGujarati
Set inSurat
PublishedOctober 1964
PublisherHarihar Pustakalay, Jayantilal Vitthaldas Mehta
Media typePrint
Pages132
AwardsNarmad Suvarna Chandrak (1963)
OCLC30877851
891.471
LC ClassPK1859.C285
Preceded byAardra 

Trun No Grah (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) is a collection of poems written in Gujarati by Natwarlal Kuberdas Pandya, better known by his pen name 'Ushnas.' The book received the Narmad Suvarna Chandrak in 1963. It is considered one of the finest works of poetry in Gujarati literature.[1]

Origin[edit | edit source]

The poems in Trun No Grah, written by Ushnas between 1959 and 1963, were published during this period in several literary magazines, such as Sanskruti, Kumar, Kshitij, Vishwa Manav, Kavilok, Samarpan, Manjari, Akhandanand, Ruchi, and Milan.

Trun No Grah was published in October 1964 by Harihar Pustakalay, Surat.[2]

Content[edit | edit source]

Ushnas composed poems in a variety of formats, including haiku, geet, ghazal, sonnets, free verse, with most composed in Sanskrit meters such as Shikharini.[3]

Awards[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Topiwala, Chandrakant (1990). "Trun No Grah (1964)". In Topiwala, Chandrakant (ed.). Gujarati Sahityakosh (Encyclopedia of Gujarati Literature) (in Gujarati). Vol. 2. Ahmedabad: Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. p. 184.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  2. Pandya, Natwarlal 'Ushnas' (October 1964). Trun No Grah. Surat: Harihar Pustakalay.
  3. Trivedi, Dr. Ramesh M. (2015). Arvachin Gujarati Sahityano Itihas (History of Modern Gujarati Literature). Ahmedabad: Adarsh Prakashan. p. 267. ISBN 978-93-82593-88-1.