Gatha Manjari

Author(s): Harivallabh Bhayani
Publisher: S S Singhvi

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Sātavāhana Hāla's Gābākosa or Gāthāsaptaśati is the most renowned and highly valued earliest collection of Prakrit Muktakas, which has been translated in numerous languages, Indian and Western. In 1968, the present writer had published a Gujarati translation of selected Gāthās out of a total of seven hundred. In the present work other one hundred Gāthās are given with Gujarati translation, subjectiwise classification and the earlier introduction on the nature, character, scope and literary worth of the Muktaka poetry alongwith a brief historical note.