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So these desis are to be preserved at any cost and would be academic crime if they are substituted with some modern cheap filmi song-lines (as is being done sometime).
So the importance of these desis can hardly be over-stressed. The writer has profited from the following earlier writing ›n Deśis :
Jain Gurjara Kavio. M. D. Deshai. Revised ed. by Jayant Kothari. Vol. 8, 1997.
Prachin Gujarati Chando. R. V. Pathak. 1948. Bṛhat Pingal. R. V. Pathak. 1955. Gujarati Sahity-no Itihas. Vol. 2. Deśio-ni Suci. Niranjana Vora.
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