Keshavlal Dhruv

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Dehgam, Gujarat
Died13 March 1938(1938-03-13) (aged 78)
Occupationphilologist, critic, editor
LanguageGujarati
NationalityIndian
EducationBachelor of Arts
Notable works
  • Prachin Gurjar Kavyo (1927)
  • Sahitya ane Vivechan (1939, 1941)
SpouseJasvidya Dhruv.
ChildrenSarojini, Vilochan.
RelativesHarilal Dhruv (brother)
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India.[2] He was a professor of Gujarati and taught at Gujarat College
. He headed several literary organizations.

Life

Keshavlal was born on 17 October 1859 in Bahiyel near

Dehgam in Gujarat, India. He completed matriculation in 1876 and Bachelor of Arts in 1882. He taught at Premchand Raichand Training College in Ahmedabad for a brief period. Later he joined Ranchhodlal Chotalal High School and was appointed a Headmaster in 1908. He retired from there in 1915 and joined Gujarat College as the professor of Gujarati language and literature.[3] He retired from there in 1934. He headed Gujarat Vidya Sabha from 1920 to 1938. His essay on philology at the first Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, held in 1905, won him praise. He also headed the second Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, held in 1907. His brother Harilal Dhruv was a lawyer who authored poetry and edited several books. Keshavlal died on 13 March 1938.[4][3][5]

Works

Keshavlal started writing essays on old Sanskrit works such as Malayas of Mudrarakshasha and Age of Vishakhadatta when he was 28 years old.[4][3]

His research work on literature and criticism is collected in two volumes of Sahitya ane Vivechan (1939, 1941). His work on

Apabramsha, Prakrit, and Vedic metres.[2][4][3]

Keshavlal has written essays and notes on Sanskrit and medieval Gujarati poets, playwrights, and works. He has edited works of several medieval poets and authors, including a translation of

Kadambari by Bhalan (1916, 1927), Anubhavbindu of Akha Bhagat (1932), and Harishchandrakhyan of Ratnahas (1927). He compiled 15th-century Gujarati poems under the title Pandarma Shatakna Prachin Gurjar Kavyo (1927).[4][3]

He translated several Sanskrit plays and poetry into Gujarati. His translated Sanskrit poetry includes

Priyadarsika as Vindhyavan ni Kanyaka (1916), and Kalidasa's Vikramōrvaśīyam as Parakram ni Prasadi (1915).[4][3][6]

References

  1. ^ Joseph T. Shipley, ed. (1946). Encyclopedia of Literature. New York: Philosophical Library. p. 514. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)[ISBN missing]
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-81-7201-798-9
    .
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-81-260-1194-0
    .
  4. ^ a b c d e "ધ્રુવ કેશવલાલ હર્ષદરાય" (in Gujarati). Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  5. ISBN 9788185119922
    .
  6. ^ Smt. Hiralaxmi Navanitbhai Shah Dhanya Gurjari Kendra (2007). Gujarat. Gujarat Vishvakosh Trust. p. 356.
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