Surajmal Misrana

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Surajmal Misrana (also spelled Suryamal Misan ;1815-1863) was a poet from Bundi city of Rajasthan.[1] He hailed from Charan caste. He knew six languages and was a scholar of grammar, logic, history and politics.[1] He wrote in Hindi, Pingal and Dingal. His important work includes Vansh Bhaskar, Vir Satsai, Balwant Vilas and Chhandomayush.[1]

"The boars lay waste the greenery, the elephants muddle the lake, While the lion is lost in his lioness' love oblivious of the stake

Don't be called now Simhas (lions), O Thankurs, while alien mercy you seek
Only those whose paws fell the elephants, are worth the name, not the meek"
--Suryamall Mishran[2]

Surajmal Misan was a court poet in Bundi which was ruled by Chauhan dynasty. He undertook the work of Vans Bhaskar at the request of Maharaja Ramsingh. The word Vans means genealogy and Bhaskar means the Sun, hence Vans Bhaskar is intended to be a chronicler of Chauhan dynasty who claim to be originated from the Sun. He intended to write Vans Bhaskar in two volumes, and twelve part in analogy with the sun which has two solstice and twelve months in a year. However he left the work at 8th part of second volume because of the differences aroused with his patron, who became British protectorate while poet insisted to support Indian Rebellion of 1857.[3] His glorification of local heroes helped to develop the spirit of nationalization in Rajasthan.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Mukherjee, S. (1999, January). Dictionary of Indian Literature, One, Beginnings 1850. Orient Longman Ltd.
  2. ^ Sisir Kumar Das (1991). A history of Indian literature. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 8172010060. 
  3. ^ Encyclpopaedia of Indian Literature. [S.l.]: Sahitya Akademi, 1996.
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