{{Short description|Gujarati Poet}}{{Under construction|placedby=InfernoHues}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}} '''Shamal Bhatt''' was a Gujarati poet.
==Life== The exact years of Shamal's lifetime are unknown.<ref name="Parikh">{{cite book |last=Parikh |first=Dhiru |title=Shamal |author-link=Dhiru Parikh |url= |year=1990 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |series=Makers of Indian Literature |location=New Delhi |language=en |oclc=24012510}}</ref>{{rp|p=3}} However, based on the composition dates of his works, he was likely born around 1696-98, and lived at least until 1765.<ref name="Parikh"></ref>{{rp|pp=3-4}} His last name was Trivedi, but he wrote it as ''Bhat''. His farther and mother were called Vireshwar and Anandibai respectively. His brother was named Ladha and his son was named Parshottam.<ref name="Parikh"></ref>{{rp|p=4}}
Details of his life are derived from references in his writing, as no other contemporary sources exist. Born into a Brahmin family, he first lived in Rajpur and Gomatipur, followed by Veganpur (all now suburbs of Ahmedabad). His career began as he followed the heriditary profession of ''kathakar'', or religious storyteller. At this time, he had a guru, Nana Bhat. Three stories, ''Rupavati'', ''Padmavati'', and ''Madan-Mohana'' were written during this period, along with the first 15 tales of his 32 tale collection, ''Simhasanbatrishi''. This collection, though unfinished, was the most well-liked of his early writings.<ref name="Parikh"></ref>{{rp|p=4}}
A bard named Guman Bahot heard of Shamal, and talked about him to his patron, Rakhidas. In 1729, Rakhidas invited Shamal to visit him, where he became his patron and gifted him land in Charotar district.<ref name="Parikh"></ref>{{rp|p=4}} It was there that he finished ''Simhasanbatrishi'' and wrote the rest of his stories.<ref name="Parikh"></ref>{{rp|p=5}}
==Works== There are 26 works attributed to Shamal:<ref name="Parikh"></ref>{{rp|p=48}} {{div col}} # ''Angadvishti'' # ''Ravana-Mandodari-Samvad'' # ''Shivapuran'' # ''Revakhand'' # ''Ranchhodjina Shaloka'' or ''Bodanakhyan'' # ''Draupadivastraharan'' # ''Vishveshvarakhyan'' # ''Kalimahatmya''{{Em dash}}''Patai Rawalno Garbo'' # ''Shamal Ratnamala'' # ''Udyam-Karma-Samvad'' # ''Vinechatni Varta'' # ''Shukdevakhyan'' # ''Sundar Kamdar'' # ''Bhojkatha'' # ''Pandarmi Vidya'' # ''Rakhidas Charitra'' # ''Chandra-Charitra'' # ''Padmavati'' # ''Baras-Kasturi'' # ''Madana-Mohana'' # ''Nandabatrishi'' # ''Sudabahonteri'' # ''Batris Putalini Varta'' # ''Abharam Kulina Shaloka'' or ''Rustam Bahadurno Pavado'' # ''Gulbankavali'' # ''Jahandarsha Badshah'' {{div col end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bhatt, Shamal}} Category:Gujarati-language poets Category:Year of death uncertain Category:Writers from Ahmedabad Category:Poets from Gujarat Category:18th-century Indian poets