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Below is an alphabetical list of widely used and repeated proverbial phrases. If known, their origins are noted. A proverbial phrase or expression is a type of conventional saying similar to a proverb and transmitted by oral tradition.
Hindi - The common phrases are (1) सूरज पश्चिम से उगा है ("sun has risen from the west") and (2) बिन मौसम की बरसात ("when it rains when it's not the season to rain"). The second one is also used to denote something unexpected/untimely as much as improbable.
Though the spirit of the proverb had been expressed previously, the modern saying first appeared in James Howell's Proverbs (1659). [3] [4] [5] It has often been included in subsequent collections of proverbs and sayings. [6] Some writers have added a second part to the proverb, as in Harry and Lucy Concluded (1825) by the Irish novelist Maria ...
Sumitranandan Pant (20 May 1900 – 28 December 1977) [1] was an Indian poet. He was one of the most celebrated 20th century poets of the Hindi language and was known for romanticism in his poems which were inspired by nature, people and beauty within.
Often aphorisms are distinguished from other short sayings by the need for interpretation to make sense of them. In A Theory of the Aphorism, Andrew Hui defined an aphorism as "a short saying that requires interpretation". [2] A famous example is: [3] You cannot step into the same river twice. —
Ramdhari Singh (23 September 1908 – 24 April 1974), known by his pen name Dinkar, was an Indian Hindi language poet, essayist, freedom fighter, patriot and academic. [1] He emerged as a poet of rebellion as a consequence of his nationalist poetry written in the days before Indian independence.
Hindi litterateur Hazari Prasad Dwivedi wrote that Tulsidas established a "sovereign rule on the kingdom of Dharma in northern India", which was comparable to the impact of Buddha. [159] Edmour J. Babineau, author of the book Love and God and Social Duty in Ramacaritmanasa , says that if Tulsidas was born in Europe or the Americas, he would be ...
Kedarnath Agarwal (1911–2000), Hindi language poet and littérateur; Kedarnath Singh (1934–2018), poet, critic and essayist; Keshavdas (1555–1617), Sanskrit scholar and Hindi poet; Kishorilal Goswami; Koduram Dalit (1910-1967) Kripa Shankar Sharma; Kripalu Maharaj (1922–2013), spiritual master and a poet-saint