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Gulabsinh
''Gulabsinh'' () is an 1897 Gujarati supernatural novel by Manilal Dwivedi (1858–1898), adapted from English writer Edward Bulwer-Lytton's novel ''Zanoni''. It was serialised in ''Priyamvada'' (later '' Sudarshan'') from the magazine's first issue in August 1885 to June 1895. Adapted into two plays (''Pratap Lakshmi'' in 1914 and ''Siddha Satyendra'' in 1917), the novel – despite its flaws – is considered to have a significant place in Gujarati literature. Background When Dwivedi was developing his new monthly magazine, ''Priyamvada'', he decided to include a novel which would provide a glimpse of spiritual life and pleasure to the reader. He selected Edward Bulwer-Lytton's English mystical novel, ''Zanoni'' for adaptation, since its mysticism impressed him. Although Dwivedi was aware of better novels, he considered ''Zanoni'' best suited to his purpose. He adapted ''Zanoni'' into Gujarati, and began publishing it in ''Priyamvada'' first issue (August 1885) as ''Gulabsi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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''Gulabsinh'' () is an 1897 Gujarati language, Gujarati supernatural fiction, supernatural novel by Manilal Dwivedi (1858–1898), adapted from English writer Edward Bulwer-Lytton's novel ''Zanoni''. It was serialised in ''Priyamvada (magazine), Priyamvada'' (later ''Sudarshan (magazine), Sudarshan'') from the magazine's first issue in August 1885 to June 1895. Adapted into two plays (''Pratap Lakshmi'' in 1914 and ''Siddha Satyendra'' in 1917), the novel – despite its flaws – is considered to have a significant place in Gujarati literature. Background When Dwivedi was developing his new monthly magazine, ''Priyamvada'', he decided to include a novel which would provide a glimpse of spiritual life and pleasure to the reader. He selected Edward Bulwer-Lytton's English mystical novel, ''Zanoni'' for adaptation, since its mysticism impressed him. Although Dwivedi was aware of better novels, he considered ''Zanoni'' best suited to his purpose. He adapted ''Zanoni'' into Gujara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manilal Dwivedi
Manilal Nabhubhai Dwivedi (; 26 September 1858 – 1 October 1898) was a Gujarati-language writer, philosopher, and social thinker from British India, commonly referred to as Manilal in literary circles. He was an influential figure in 19th-century Gujarati literature, and was one of several Gujarati writers and educators involved in the debate over social reforms, focusing on issues such as the status of women, child marriage, and the question of whether widows could remarry. He held Eastern civilisation in high esteem, and resisted the influence of Western civilisation, a position which drew him into conflicts with other social reformers of a less conservative outlook. He considered himself a "reformer along religious lines". Manilal's writings belong to the '' Pandit Yuga'', or "Scholar Era" – a time in which Gujarati writers explored their traditional literature, culture and religion in order to redefine contemporary Indian identity when it was subject to challenge fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chhotalal Rukhdev Sharma
Chhotalal Rukhdev Sharma (died 1926) was a Gujarati playwright. Biography He had studied Sanskrit in childhood and had studied '' Raghuvansh'' by Kalidas. His first play ''Madhav Vilas'' (1899) was produced by Amdavad Gujarati Natak Company. He had a long career with Deshi Natak Samaj. He used unconventional ''Savaiya'', ''Shikharini'' and ''Totak'' metres in musical plays instead of popular ''Betabaji'' metre. He wanted to start his own theatre company so he had consulted poet Fulchandbhai Shah to write ''Rajhans'' based on '' Dashakumaracharitra'' but he died soon in 1926. Works His plays are as follows: See also * List of Gujarati-language writers Well known laureates of Gujarati literature are Hemchandracharya, Narsinh Mehta, Mirabai, Akho, Premanand Bhatt, Shamal Bhatt, Dayaram, Dalpatram, Narmad, Govardhanram Tripathi, Mahatma Gandhi, K. M. Munshi, Umashankar Joshi, Suresh Joshi, Pan ... References Gujarati-language writers Gujarati people 1926 deaths India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zanoni
''Zanoni'' is an 1842 novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, a story of love and occult aspiration. By way of introduction, the author confesses: "... It so chanced that some years ago, in my younger days, whether of authorship or life, I felt the desire to make myself acquainted with the true origins and tenets of the singular sect known by the name of Rosicrucians." A manuscript came into his hands written in the most unintelligible cipher, a manuscript which through the author's own interpretation became Zanoni. It tells the story of its protagonist Zanoni, who possesses occult powers and knows the secret of eternal life. Characters The principal characters are: * Zanoni – an initiate into Chaldean wisdom * Mejnour – an older companion and fellow initiate * Clarence Glyndon – an English artist who aspires to the secret knowledge * Viola Pisani – a beautiful and purehearted but unsophisticated Neapolitan * Mervale – a commonsensical and conventional-minded friend of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priyamvada (magazine)
''Priyamvada'' () ( the one who speaks in pleasing and elegant manner) was a Gujarati magazine founded and edited by Manilal Nabhubhai Dwivedi. It was established with the aim of educating women, and ran from August 1885 to 1890; it was then converted into another literary magazine, '' Sudarshan''. It was written with an informal tone, which was popular with its readership. History After serving as a deputy educational inspector at Bombay, Manilal was transferred at Bhavnagar as a professor. The contemporary social problem of women's education was of great concern to him and he had prepared a detailed scheme to address this but he was not able to implement it in Bhavnagar. Hence, he decided to establish a journal devoted to women's welfare and education. He started a monthly magazine Priyamvada from August 1885. The cost of an annual subscription was one rupee. Manilal stated the aim of magazine on the first page of first issue: The magazine also provided a forum for the discu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mulshankar Mulani
Mulshankar Harinand Mulani (1 November 1867 – 14 December 1957) was a Gujarati playwright from the Gujarati theatre of India. After working as a village development officer and as an editor with a weekly newspaper, he joined the Mumbai Gujarati Natak Mandali, a theatre company, where he worked as a playwright for decades. He wrote more than fifty plays on social, mythological and historical subjects including commercially or critically successful plays like ''Rajbeej'' (1891), ''Ajabkumari'' (1899, 1912), '' Saubhagya Sundari'' (1901), ''Nandbatrisi'' (1906) and ''Krishnacharitra'' (1906). Early life He was born on 1 November 1867 in Chavand (now in Amreli district, Gujarat, India) to the religious Prashnora Nagar Brahmin family of Harinand Dayanad and Mankunwar. He was a descendant of Mula Bhatt who had served as a minister of Nawanagar State before 10 or 12 generations. He studied until the fourth standard in English medium in Junagadh and had read religious works and Sanskrit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imitation (art)
Imitation is the doctrine of artistic creativity according to which the creative process should be based on the close imitation of the masterpieces of the preceding authors. This concept was first formulated by Dionysius of Halicarnassus in the first century BCE as ''imitatio'', and has since dominated for almost two thousand years the Western history of the arts and classicism.Shroder (1972) p.282 quote: Plato has regarded imitation as a general principle of art, as he viewed art itself as an imitation of life. This theory was popular and well accepted during the classical period. During the Renaissance period, imitation was seen as a means of obtaining one's personal style; this was alluded to by the artists of that era like Cennino Cennini, Petrarch and Pier Paolo Vergerio. In the 18th century, Romanticism reversed it with the creation of the institution of romantic originality. In the 20th century, the modernist and postmodern Postmodernism is an intellectual stance or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Navalram Trivedi
Navalram Jagnnath Trivedi (1895–1944) was a Gujarati writer, critic and editor. He served as a secretary of Gujarat Sahitya Sabha for twenty years. Life Trivedi was born 11 October 1895 in Wadhwan in Audichya Sahastra Brahmin family. He completed schooling at Wadhwan Camp and passed his matriculation in 1914. After earning his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1920, he started his career as a professor at Lalshankar Umiyashankar Gujarati Mahila Pathashala. In 1926, he completed his Master of Arts. He served as a secretary of Gujarat Sahitya Sabha for twenty years. He died on 18 May 1944 at Ahmedabad. Works He wrote humorous writing under three pen-names: Vainetey, Ponipachis and Daberi. He started his literary career by translating Bengali writer Arvind Ghosh's book into Gujarati as ''Karavasni Kahani'' (1921). His works of criticism include ''Ketlak Vivechano'' (1934), ''Nava Vivechano'' (1941), ''Shesh Vivechano'' (1947; posthumous) and ''Samajsudhara Nu Rekhadarshan''. Cri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anandshankar Dhruv
Anandshankar Bapubhai Dhruv (25 February 1869 – 7 April 1942) was a Gujarati scholar, writer, educationist and editor from Gujarat, India. His name is revered as 'Acharya' (a learned person) in Gujarat, and hence generally he is known as Acharya Anandshankar Dhruv. Life Dhruv was born in Ahmedabad on 25 February 1869. His father was an officer of Kathiawar Agency and worked as an agent of Baroda State after retirement. He studied in English medium schools and learned Sanskrit at early age. While studying Master of Arts, he started teaching Sanskrit at Gujarat College in 1893. Later he taught at Elphinstone College for some years. He was appointed a Vice Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University in 1920. He performed the opening ceremony of The Modern School at Sicka Nagar, Bombay in 1936 established by Ramanbhai and Pushpaben Vakil. He was also a chairman of Inter University Board. He died on 7 April 1942. Works His pen-names were Mumukshu and ''Hind-hitchintak''. He headed sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Works By Manilal Dwivedi
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Dhirubhai Thaker
Dhirubhai Premshankar Thaker (27 June 1918 – 22 January 2014) was an Indian Gujarati writer, who was best known for creating the ''Gujarati Vishwakosh'', a 25-volume encyclopedia of the Gujarati language. Life Thaker was born on 27 June 1918 in Kodinar, a city now in Junagadh District, Gujarat, India to his father Premshankar Thaker, and mother, Gomtibahen. His father was a Talati (village development officer) and was fond of reading literature. Thaker was a native of Viramgam, a town in Ahmedabad district. He completed his primary education from Kodinar and Chanasma while secondary education from Chanasma and Siddhpur. He completed matriculation in 1934 from L. S. High School, Siddhapur with Sanskrit and Science subjects. He received a BA from Elphinstone College in 1939 with Gujarati (Honours) and Sanskrit, and a MA in 1941 from the same college with Gujarati. In 1938, Mumbai University awarded him the M. M. Paramanand Prize for his research work. ''Oganisami Sadini Pashc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Occult
The occult, in the broadest sense, is a category of esoteric supernatural beliefs and practices which generally fall outside the scope of religion and science, encompassing phenomena involving otherworldly agency, such as magic and mysticism and their varied spells. It can also refer to supernatural ideas like extra-sensory perception and parapsychology. The term ''occult sciences'' was used in 16th-century Europe to refer to astrology, alchemy, and natural magic. The term ''occultism'' emerged in 19th-century France, amongst figures such as Antoine Court de Gébelin. It came to be associated with various French esoteric groups connected to Éliphas Lévi and Papus, and in 1875 was introduced into the English language by the esotericist Helena Blavatsky. Throughout the 20th century, the term was used idiosyncratically by a range of different authors, but by the 21st century was commonly employed – including by academic scholars of esotericism – to refer to a range of e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
