Gāhā Sattasaī
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Gāhā Sattasaī is an ancient Prakrit anthology of roughly seven hundred lyrical love poems, traditionally attributed to the Satavahana king Hāla and renowned as a classic of early Indian secular literature.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Gaha Sattasai | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Prakrit poetry anthology
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ancient Indian literary work ⓘ love poetry collection ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Gāthā Saptashatī
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Gāthā Sattasaī NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedRasa | śṛṅgāra ⓘ |
| contains | epigrammatic verses ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| genre |
love poetry
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lyrical poetry ⓘ |
| importance |
classic of early Indian secular literature
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major source for social history of early Deccan ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
Prakrit poetics
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later Sanskrit love poetry ⓘ |
| language | Maharashtri Prakrit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Middle Indo-Aryan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryCulture | early classical Prakrit literature ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
imagery drawn from rural landscape
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suggestion (dhvani) ⓘ |
| literaryForm | single-stanza poems ⓘ |
| meter | various Prakrit meters ⓘ |
| modernReception | translated into several modern languages ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | non-narrative anthology ⓘ |
| numberOfPoems | approximately 700 ⓘ |
| placeOfCulturalOrigin | Deccan region of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservation | manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| primaryTheme |
erotic sentiment (śṛṅgāra rasa)
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love ⓘ |
| regionAssociated | Maharashtra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousOrientation | largely non-religious ⓘ |
| scriptOriginallyUsed | Brāhmī-derived scripts ⓘ |
| secondaryTheme |
marital and extramarital relationships
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rural life ⓘ women’s emotions ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
Indology
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Prakrit studies ⓘ South Asian literary history ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
everyday life
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secular themes ⓘ village and agrarian settings ⓘ |
| textualTransmission | multiple recensions ⓘ |
| titleInPrakrit | Gāhā Sattasaī NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalAuthor | King Hāla NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalAuthorDynasty | Sātavāhana dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalAuthorTitle | Sātavāhana king ⓘ |
| traditionalDate | 1st–2nd century CE ⓘ |
| typicalSpeakerInPoems |
lovers
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women GENERATED ⓘ |
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