[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vernacular Literatures](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular) › [Early Hindi literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi) › [Histories, biographies and hagiographies](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.itihasa) › [Ardhakathanak](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.itihasa.ardhakathanak) › 1 # Ardhakathanak 1 Ardhakathānak 1 - **Language:** Braj Bhāṣā ### [1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.itihasa.ardhakathanak.1) Banarasidasa (=Banarsidas, =Banarasi Biholia): Ardhakathanaka (=Ardh kathanak) \[a 17th cent. autobiography in Hindi\] Based on the ed. by Nathuram Premi, Bombay, Hindi Grantha Ratnakara, 1957. BASED ON THE CSX+ VERSION \[which distinguishes between vocalic r (r̥) and retroflex flap (ṛ)!\] ITALICS for headings / metres Text converted to Unicode (UTF-8). (This file is to be used with a UTF-8 font and your browser's VIEW configuration set to UTF-8.) description: multibyte sequence: long a ā long A Ā long i ī long I Ī long u ū long U Ū vocalic r r̥ vocalic R R̥ long vocalic r r̥̄ vocalic l l̥ long vocalic l l̥̄ long vocalic l ḹ velar n ṅ velar N Ṅ palatal n ñ palatal N Ñ retroflex t ṭ retroflex T Ṭ retroflex d ḍ retroflex D Ḍ retroflex n ṇ retroflex N Ṇ palatal s ś palatal S Ś retroflex s ṣ retroflex S Ṣ anusvara ṃ anunasika m̐ visarga ḥ long e ē long o ō l underbar ḻ r underbar ṟ n underbar ṉ k underbar ḵ t underbar ṯ nasalized a ã nasalized long a ā̃ nasalized i ĩ i dieresis ï nasalized long i ī̃ nasalized u ũ u dieresis ü nasalized long u ū̃ nasalized e ẽ e breve ĕ nasalized o õ o breve ŏ intervocalic y ẏ voiceless fricative k‍h̲ (in Nagari: kh underdot) flapped r ṛ Unless indicated otherwise, accents have been dropped in order to facilitate word search. For a comprehensive list of GRETIL encodings and formats see: doharā pāni-jugula-puṭa sīsa dhari, māni apanapau dāsa. āni bhagati cita jāni Prabhu, bandaũ Pāsa-Supāsa. // > dohā / Placing both folded hands upon my head, knowing myself to be a servant, / bringing bhakti into my heart and knowing them to be the Lord, I bow to Pārśva and Supārśva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Next: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.itihasa.ardhakathanak.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.itihasa.ardhakathanak~en-mt.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.itihasa.ardhakathanak.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.itihasa.ardhakathanak.1) · Pramāṇa