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.

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Gāhā Sattasaī canonical 4
Gaha Sattasai 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Prakrit poetry anthology ⓘ
ancient Indian literary work ⓘ
love poetry collection ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Gāthā Saptashatī ⓘ
Gāthā Sattasaī ⓘ
associatedRasa śṛṅgāra ⓘ
contains epigrammatic verses ⓘ
countryOfOrigin India ⓘ
genre love poetry ⓘ
lyrical poetry ⓘ
importance classic of early Indian secular literature ⓘ
major source for social history of early Deccan ⓘ
influenceOn Prakrit poetics ⓘ
later Sanskrit love poetry ⓘ
language Maharashtri Prakrit ⓘ
languageFamily Middle Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
linked to: Middle Indo-Aryan
literaryCulture early classical Prakrit literature ⓘ
literaryDevice imagery drawn from rural landscape ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: Deccan region
preservation manuscript tradition ⓘ
primaryTheme erotic sentiment (śṛṅgāra rasa) ⓘ
love ⓘ
regionAssociated Maharashtra ⓘ
religiousOrientation largely non-religious ⓘ
scriptOriginallyUsed Brāhmī-derived scripts ⓘ
secondaryTheme marital and extramarital relationships ⓘ
rural life ⓘ
women’s emotions ⓘ
studiedInField Indology ⓘ
Prakrit studies ⓘ
South Asian literary history ⓘ
subjectMatter everyday life ⓘ
secular themes ⓘ
village and agrarian settings ⓘ
textualTransmission multiple recensions ⓘ
titleInPrakrit Gāhā Sattasaī ⓘ
traditionalAuthor King Hāla ⓘ
traditionalAuthorDynasty Sātavāhana dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Satavahana dynasty
traditionalAuthorTitle Sātavāhana king ⓘ
traditionalDate 1st–2nd century CE ⓘ
typicalSpeakerInPoems lovers ⓘ
women ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gaha Sattasai → hasTitle → Gāhā Sattasaī ⓘ
Gaha Sattasai → hasTitle → Gaha Sattasai ⓘ
linked to: Gāhā Sattasaī
Gāhā Sattasaī → titleInPrakrit → Gāhā Sattasaī ⓘ
Hāla → notableWork → Gaha Sattasai ⓘ
linked to: Gāhā Sattasaī
Hāla → notableWork → Gāhā Sattasaī ⓘ
Hāla → associatedWork → Gāhā Sattasaī ⓘ
subject linked to: Satavahana king Hāla