{{Short description|16th-century Gujarati-language poet from Gujarat}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}} '''Nakar''' was a 16th-century Gujarati poet from Gujarat who wrote several Akhyanas.<ref name="Malabari1882">{{cite book|author=Krishnalal M. Jhaveri|title= Milestones in Gujarati Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lyd8jPbN218C|year=1882|publisher=Asian Educational Services|isbn=978-81-206-0651-7|page=73}}</ref>
==Biography== Very little is known about his life as his verses are the only source regarding his life. His lived in sixteenth century, though it was initially believed that he lived in seventeenth century. He belonged to Disaval Bania caste and lived in Vadodara. He wrote several Akhyana which were recited in public by ''Manabhatt'' (professional storytellers belonging to Brahmin caste) as only Brahmins were allowed to do so.<ref name="Malabari1882"/><ref name=ag>{{cite book|last=Datta|first=Amaresh|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature|year=1987|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=8126018038|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC|page=122}}</ref><ref name="JhaveriAkademi1978">{{cite book|last1=Jhaveri|author2=Sahitya Akademi|title=History of Gujarati Literature|url=http://www.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/460465|year=1978|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|page=33|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220031359/http://www.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/460465|archivedate=2016-12-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=નાકર – Gujarati Vishwakosh – ગુજરાતી વિશ્વકોશ |url=https://gujarativishwakosh.org/%E0%AA%A8%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%95%E0%AA%B0/ |access-date=2022-10-06 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
==Works== He wrote several poems but only seven are published. Most of them are in Akhyana form to be recited by professional storytellers. He did not write poems in metres but in local tunes (''raga''s) like Ramagri, Ashavari and Sameri. He wrote ''Harishchandrakhyan'' (1516, Vikram Samvat 1572) in Umreth based on story of Harishchandra. His other works include ''Shiva-vivah'' (marriage of Shiva, 1544), ''Chandrahasakhyan'', ''Lavkushakhyan'', ''Dhruvakhyan'' (1544), ''Mrigalisamvad'', ''Bhiladi na Bar Mas''. ''Shiva-vivah'' and ''Dhruvakhyan'' were written earlier than 1544 but a Brahmin for whom he wrote was not pleased with its short form so he rewrote and expanded them in 1544. ''Bhaktamal'' is about saints of Gujarat which resemble ''Sadhu Charita'' of Vasto.<ref name="Malabari1882"/><ref>ગુજરાતના સાક્ષરો p.19-20</ref>
==Studies== Chimanlal Trivedi has published a Ph. D. thesis ''Kavi Nakar - Ek Adhyayan'' (1966) on him and his published and unpublished works. The followups to this work are included in ''Nakar'' (1979) of ''Gujarati Granthkar'' series as well as in ''Gujarati Sahityano Itihas - Volume 2''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Chimanlal-Trivedi.html|title=ચીમનલાલ ત્રિવેદી|last=Dave|first=Ramesh|publisher=Gujarati Sahitya Parishad|language=gu|trans-title=Chimanlal Trivedi|access-date=2018-03-23}}</ref>
==See also== * List of Gujarati-language writers
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==Further reading== * {{cite book|author=Cimanalāla Trivedī|authorlink=Chimanlal Trivedi|title=Kavi Nākara: Ek Adhyayana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gZ8RAQAAIAAJ|year=1966|publisher=Gūrjara Grantharatna Kāryālaya|location=Ahmedababd}}
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