''Trun No Grah'' ( gu, તૃણનો ગ્રહ) is a collection of poems written in

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by Natwarlal Kuberdas Pandya, better known by his pen name '

Ushnas Natwarlal Pandya, better known by his pen name, Ushnas (Gujarati: ઉશનસ્), was a Gujarati language poet from India. Biography He was born in Savli village near Vadodara on 28 September 1920. He studied in Mehsana, Sidhpur, Savli and ...

.' The book received the

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in 1963. It is considered one of the finest works of poetry in Gujarati literature.

Origin

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'', ''

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'', ''Kshitij'', ''Vishwa Manav'', ''

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'', ''Samarpan'', ''Manjari'', ''Akhandanand'', '' Ruchi'', and ''Milan''. ''Trun No Grah'' was published in October 1964 by Harihar Pustakalay, Surat.

Content

Ushnas composed poems in a variety of formats, including

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, ghazal,

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, with most composed in Sanskrit meters such as ''Shikharini''.

Awards

* 1963:

References

{{Reflist 1964 poetry books Indian poetry collections Gujarati-language poetry collections