Mani Shankar Ratnaji Bhatt (20 November 1867 - 16 June 1923)
Who is known by his nickname poet Kant,
He was a Gujarati poet, playwright and essayist. He was a composer of Khandakavya poetry type.
His book Purvalap (19) is considered a milestone in Gujarati poetry
He was born in Chavand village in Damnagar Mahal of Amreli district in Saurashtra on Wednesday, Kartak Vad 9, Samvant 15. Primary-secondary education in Mangrol, Morbi and Rajkot. In Morbi, Shastri Shankarlal Maheshwar enjoyed the poetry of the castes, composing poems in Vrajbhasha's word-like poetic style, as well as in Sanskrit with varied and unmistakable verses.
Kant 'is known as an event of Gujarati poetry. He produced a very different type of Gujarati Khandakavya than Sanskrit Khandakavya out of personal need. The incomparable beauty and elegance of the language is proved in this, for which ‘Vasant Vijay’, ‘Chakravaka Mithun’ and ‘Devyani’ can be cited as examples. Eternal poetic subjects like nature, romance, devotion to God, they inscribe the potiki mudra in the new speech.‘Purvalap’ is his collection of poems which was published on the day of the poet's death. In addition, 'History of Education' is the fruit of Kant's deep study.
His main and important contribution in the field of literature is as a poet. The mature independent form of modern Gujarati poetry, which is developing under the influence of English, first appears in his poetry. After compiling his own poems in 'Purvalap' (19), he wrote 'Ra. Vs. Although some poems have been added as an appendix to the Pathak edited edition, some of the poems are still unpublished and have appeared in magazines and drama or music texts without Kant's name or name.The direction and speed of this stream of poetic creation from 18 or 16 onwards seems to have changed drastically after 191. Until then, the poet, who has given a long narrative and especially long narrative poems, later gives a few personal narrative poems, especially ghazal, qawwali, anjali etc. lyric compositions and musical lyrics; From the elegant hues of Kavyaba Sanskrit to the subtle simplicity and straightforwardness; Experimentation falls silent And the issue, which is full of poetic achievements, feels fulfilled. The poet, who is a worshiper of beauty, now appears to be a worshiper of Shiva. In this extraordinary direction of poetry, the high poetic and highly conscious, occasional despair arising from the fatigue of effortless poetic writing, the traumas of personal life like the death of his wife, the work of a book like 'History of Education' at Kalabhavan in Vadodara. Is.
A special development of the poetic genius of poetry, later known as 'Khandakavya' is his narrative. Shelter of mythology or poetic time, mystical life of sarcastic objectivism, healthy drawing and beautiful poetic architecture proved by the variety of circles - its features have later become the morphological features of Khandakavya and ‘Vasantvijaya’, ‘Chakravakamithyani’ and ‘Chakravakamithyani’In these fragmentary poems, the anguish of the dissatisfaction of love and the tragic life philosophy of the strict legal system are expressed.
The History of Education is the fruit of Kant's deep study and observation. Presenting in detail and discussing the educational methods that came into existence in different countries of the world, the educational experiments that took place, the ideas that prevailed in the field of education, this book has naturally been at the center of the educational history of the European people.
