Padmanābha was a 15th-century Indian poet and historian. He has been hailed as the

Yug Charan Yug Charan ( IAST: Yuga Chāraṇa; Sanskrit: ) is an Indian title meaning ‘Charan of the Era’ for poets and litterateurs whose vivacious writings voice the nationalistic aspirations of the country. It may refer to: Literature * ''Yuga Ch ...

(Charan of the Era) for commemorating Kanhadade's struggle in his famous treatise "

Kanhadade Prabandha ''Kānhaḍade Prabandha'' is a book by Indian poet Padmanābha written in 1455, in a western Apabhramsha dialect. The book tells the story of Raval Kanhadade (Kanhadadeva), the Chahamana ruler of Jalore. Textual history Padmanabha wrote ' ...

", written in 1455. This work has been praised as the finest work in

Dingal Dingal (Devnagari: डिंगल; IAST: ''ḍiṁgala''; also spelled Dimgal), also known as Old Western Rajasthani, is an ancient Indian language written in Nagri script and having literature in prose as well as poetry. It is a language of v ...

(Old Gujarati or Old Western Rajasthani), and one of the greatest Indian works written during the medieval period by eminent scholars like Muni Jinvijay,

K.M. Munshi Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (; 30 December 1887 – 8 February 1971), popularly known by his pen name Ghanshyam Vyas, was an Indian independence movement activist, politician, writer and educationist from Gujarat state. A lawyer by profession, ...

, Dasharatha Sharma and K.B. Vyas. The German Indologist

Georg Bühler Professor Johann Georg Bühler (July 19, 1837 – April 8, 1898) was a scholar of ancient Indian languages and law. Early life and education Bühler was born to Rev. Johann G. Bühler in Borstel, Hanover, attended grammar school in Hanover, whe ...

was the first Western scholar who wrote about this treatise. The work was translated into English by V.S. Bhatnagar, a professor of History at the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur.Padmanābha, ., & Bhatnagar, V. S. (1991). Kānhaḍade prabandha: India's greatest patriotic saga of medieval times : Padmanābha's epic account of Kānhaḍade. New Delhi: Voice of India.

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