Gaha Sattasai (Gāthā Saptashatī)

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Gaha Sattasai (Gāthā Saptashatī) is an ancient Indian anthology of 700 lyrical love and nature poems traditionally attributed to the Satavahana king Hāla.

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instanceOf Prakrit poetry collection
ancient Indian anthology
lyrical poetry anthology
associatedDynasty Satavahana dynasty
countryOfOrigin India
focus everyday emotions of common people
genre love poetry
nature poetry
hasTheme marital and extramarital relationships
seasonal cycles
separation in love (viraha)
union in love
hasTitle Gaha Sattasai
linked to: Gāhā Sattasaī

Gāhā Sattasaī
Gāthā Saptashatī
influenceOn later Sanskrit love poetry
regional Indian literatures
language Maharashtri Prakrit
literaryForm gāthā (metrical verse)
literarySignificance important source for social history of early Deccan
one of the earliest extant Prakrit anthologies
literaryTradition classical Prakrit literature
meter various Prakrit meters
mode lyric
numberOfPoems 700
preservation transmitted in manuscript tradition
primaryCharacters husbands
lovers
messengers and friends
mothers-in-law
wives
regionOfOrigin Deccan
linked to: Deccan Plateau
relatedWork Subhāṣita literature
scriptureStatus secular, non-religious text
setting village and agrarian environments
structure single-stanza poems
studiedIn Indology
South Asian literary studies
style concise and epigrammatic
subject nature
romantic love
rural life
women’s voices
textualHistory multiple recensions
timePeriod early centuries CE
traditionalAttribution Satavahana king Hāla
traditionalAuthor Hāla

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Prakrit usedInWork Gaha Sattasai (Gāthā Saptashatī)
Gaha Sattasai hasTitle Gāthā Saptashatī
linked to: Gaha Sattasai (Gāthā Saptashatī)