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While the poems are basically love poems their natural setting includes references to a number of plant and animal species. Some plant species such as Ricinus communis and Pandanus are mentioned just once. Others, for example, mango(17) and lotus (49) are mentioned in several poems. Altogether 170 poems mention plant species.
A line from the poem, "Teri aankhon ke siva duniya mein rakha kya hai", was used by Majrooh Sultanpuri as the opening verse of a song in the Hindi film Chirag (1969). [17] Sahir Ludhianvi’s song "Tum mujhe bhool bhi jaao to yeh haq hai tumko" (1959 Bollywood film Didi) is noted for its similarity of theme with this poem. [18]
Kamayani (Hindi : कामायनी) (1936) is a Hindi epic poem by Jaishankar Prasad (1889–1937). It is considered one of the greatest literary works written in modern times in Hindi literature. It also signifies the epitome of Chhayavadi school of Hindi poetry which gained popularity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [1]
Hindi has a rich legacy of poetry. There are several genres of poetry based on Ras, Chhand and Alankar (e.g., Shringar, Karun, Veer, Hāsya, etc.). [16] Hasya Kavita is humorous comic poetry in Hindi. It is particularly famous due to Hindi kavi sammelans. Bal kavita is children's rhymes in Hindi. Many attempts have been made to document Hindi ...
The Parthasarathy translation won the 1996 A.K. Ramanujan Book Prize for Translation. [ 70 ] The epic has been translated into French by the same Alain Daniélou and RN Desikan in 1961 (before his English translation), into Czech by Kamil Zvelebil in 1965, and into Russian by JJ Glazov in 1966.
The ghazal [a] is a form of amatory poem or ode, [1] originating in Arabic poetry. [2] Ghazals often deal with topics of spiritual and romantic love and may be understood as a poetic expression of both the pain of loss or separation from the beloved and the beauty of love in spite of that pain. [2] [3]
Chauhan authored a number of popular works in Hindi poetry. Her most famous composition is Jhansi Ki Rani , an emotionally charged poem describing the life of Rani Lakshmi Bai . [ 11 ] The poem is one of the most recited and sung poems in Hindi literature.
There are also a number of legends associating the collection with the philosopher Adi Shankara. One version occurs in his 14th century biography written by a follower, the Shankara-digvijaya . According to this version, during his debate with Maṇḍana Miśra , he was asked philosophical questions phrased in metaphors of love by the latter's ...