Rasiklal Parikh
Rasiklal Parikh | |||||||||||||
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| Native name | રસિકલાલ છોટાલાલ પરીખ | ||||||||||||
| Born | Rasiklal Chhotalal Parikh 20 August 1897 Pethapur, now in Gandhinagar district, Gujarat | ||||||||||||
| Died | 1 November 1982 (aged 85) Ahmedabad | ||||||||||||
| Pen name | Musikar, Sanjay | ||||||||||||
| Occupation | Poet, playwright, literary critic, historian, archaeologist, editor | ||||||||||||
| Language | Gujarati | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | Indian | ||||||||||||
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Rasiklal Chhotalal Parikh (1897 - 1982) was a 20th-century Gujarati poet, playwright, literary critic, historian, archaeologist, and editor from Gujarat, India.
Life
Rasiklal Parikh was born on 20 August 1897 at Pethapur, now a village in Gandhinagar district. His father, Chhotalal Lalubhai Parikh, was a advocate in Sadra. His Rasiklal's mother, Chanchalbahen, was belong to share broker. She was well educated at the time when it was unusual to study foe women in Gujarat. She used to read Sanskrit and Gujarati literature's books from Victoria Memorial Library, Sadra. She played important role to shape Rasiklal's interest in literature. He spent his childhood in Sadra. He completed his primary school education from primary school of Sadra. Then, he shifted to Ahmedabad for further education and joined Diwan Ballubhai High School from where he matriculated in 1913. In the same year, he married Manekbahen, who was also belong to Sadra.[1]
After his matriculation, he came at Pune and joined Fergusson College to obtain Bachelor of Arts. During college, he studied under professors such as Dr Bhune, R. D. Ranade and Pro. Patvardhan. He influenced by Abhyankar Shastri and indulged towards Vedas and Sanskrit literature. He studied English literature and English Tragedy under Pro. Patvardhan and got influenced by Henrik Ibsen and other playwrights. In 1918, he completed his Bachelor of Arts with Sanskrit and English subjects.[1][2]
He died on Sharad Purnima in Ahmedabad.
Works
He extensively wrote in the fields such as literature,poetics, philosophy, drama, short story, poetry, history, aesthetics and criticism.
His first publication was a Gujarati translation of Kavyaprakasha by Mammata, which he co-translated with Ramnarayan V. Pathak with critical notes. It was published in 1924 by Gujarat Vidyapith. During his stay in Vidyapith, he also published Vaidik Pathavali in 1927, which is again a translation with critical notes of some parts of Vedas and Brahmana. In 1938, he published Hemachandra's Kavyanushasan (Vol. 1 - 2), in which he had given details about life and works of Hemachandra with the historical background. This work is considered as significant work in Gujarati history writing as it gives detailed history from ancient era to Solanki era.
In 1931, he published his first play entitled Pahelo Kalal, which was a adaptation of one of the story of Leo Tolstoy. In the same year, he published his another play Rupiyanu Jhad under the pseudonym of Sanjay.
He founded a school of drama known as Natya Vidya Mandir which gave rise to the famous Nat Mandal.[3] His play Mena Gujari, written in Bhavai folk form, is considered a landmark in Gujarati theater.[4]. His another play Sharvilik, published in 1957, is a full length play divided in 5 act and is based on two different Sanskrit play; Mrichchhakatika written by Sudraka and Daridra Charudatta written by Bhasa. Sharvilik was translated into Hindi in 1966.[5]
Awards
He received Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 1942. His play Mena Gujari won Narmad Suvarna Chandrak of 1977 and another play Sharvilak won Sahitya Akademi Award of 1960.
See also
Further reading
- Rasiklal Chhotalal Parikh; Gautama Vā Paṭela; Bharati Kirtikumar Shelat (2005). Rasika-bhāratī: Prof. R.C. Parikh Commemoration Volume. Gandhinagar: Sanskrit Sahitya Akademi(Gujarat Sahitya Academy). OCLC 867124952.
References
- ^ a b Jadav, Dashrath (2010). "Chapter 2". રસિકલાલ છો. પરિખ: એક અધ્યયન [Rasiklal Chho. Parikh: A Study] (PDF) (PhD) (in Gujarati). Ahmedabad: Gujarat University. hdl:10603/47184. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
- ^ "સવિશેષ પરિચય: રસિકલાલ પરીખ, ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય પરિષદ". Gujarati Sahitya Parishad (in Gujarati). Retrieved 2018-02-01.
- ^ Subodh Kapoor (2002). The Indian Encyclopaedia: Gautami Ganga -Himmat Bahadur. New Delhi: Cosmo Publications. p. 2718. ISBN 978-81-7755-266-9. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ^ National Centre for the Performing Arts (India) (1983). Quarterly Journal. Vol. 12–13. p. 50. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ^ Mohan Lal (1992). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. p. 3988. ISBN 978-81-260-1221-3. Retrieved 2 February 2018.