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A DICTIONARY OF SINDHI : Jt. LITERATURE MOTILAL JOTWANI SAMPARK PRAKASHAN A DICTIONARY OF SINDHI LITERATURE © Dr. Motilal Jotwani First Edition : 13 January, 1996 Laserset by Sirman Laser Typesetters C-1, Ninnal Puri Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi-110024 Printed by: Nilum Printing Press A�178/ll, Dayanad Colony L�jpat Nagar, New Delhi-110024 Published by: S�park Prakashan B�l4, .Dayanad Colony Lajpat Nagar, New Deihi-110024 ISBN 81-85190-11-3 Rs.150 To my students of Deshbandhu (Evening) College (University of Delhi, Delhi) who offered Sindhi as one of the subjects of study during the acculturative decades for them in the Independent India. ABBREVIATIONS b. .born. c. circa, about cf. confer. d. died. ed. edition or edited by. est established. p. page (number). pp. pages or from page number ... to page number ... pub. publication or published by. q.v. quod vide, which qq.v. quae vide, both which, or see all which, see . . tr. translation or translated by. vol. volume. NOTES 1. Partition means the Partition of the BritiSh-India in 1947. It was based on the two-nation (Bharat and Pakistan) theory. 2. ? 3. Alphabetical groups of entries have been separated by space in between ' �� stands for 'disputed', 'doubtful' or 'not known'. PREFACE is the first reference work of its kind, for Dictionaries of various Indian literary traditions have not been, as far as I know, attempted at in English so far. It marks the beginning of such literary endeavours in the country. Based on the latest researches in the field of Sindhi Literature after Partition of the country in 1947, it includes entries on AUTHORS and their Works, a considerable number of them on AUTHORS and Works of the Independent India, and on literary terms and other legendary and historical subjects relating to Sindhi literature. It comprises longish articles on some mas terpieces of Sindhi literature like Shah jo Risaalo, Risaalo A Dictionary of Sindhi Literature · Sacha/ Sarmast, Sami jaa Sloka, Zeenat, Rama Kathaa, Mun and Hiku B'iyo and also on the general topics like Sindhi akhbar nawisi (journalism), chhanda-shastra (prosody), kavya-shastia (poetics), naeen jag'riti (renaissance) and sahitik alochana (literary criticism). While preparing it, enough care has been· taken to ensure hinjee Hayaatee-a jaa Sonaa Ropaa Varqa D' eenhun exactness of data. The Sindhi literary works in original, histories of Sindhi literature in Sindhi and other languages, monographs and doctoral theses on authors and works and standard works in English like Comparative Indian Literature edited by Dr. K. M. George, Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature (vols. I, II, III, IV & V) edited by Prof. Amaresh Datta and Prof. Mohan Lal and A History of Indian Literature (1911-1956) by Prof. S. K. Das have been consulted. Sometimes, it was found that these works were not standard enough, for they recorded at variance the birth/death dates of authors and the writing/ publication dates of works. For instance : Sri Lekhraj 'Aziz', a modern Sindhi poet, is stated to have been born in 1891 apropos of Comparative Indian Literature, vol. I, p. 438; and in 1905, ibid, vol. II, p. 928; and Sri Kauromal Chandanmal Khilnani is said to have died 'two times' - in 1916 on p. 571; and in 1914 on p. 688 - in one and the same first volume of Comparative Indian Literature. As regards Prof. S. K. Das's A History of Indian Literature (1911-1956), one