[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) › [Ardhakathānak](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.itihasa.ardhakathanak) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.itihasa.ardhakathanak~en-mt) › 179 # Ardhakathanak 179 English (machine translation) 179 - **Language:** English ### [179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.itihasa.ardhakathanak~en-mt.179) In it he wrote a composition on the nine rasas, / but gave special description to romance. Thus Banārasī became a bad poet / and composed new books of falsehood. - [Previous: 178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.itihasa.ardhakathanak~en-mt.178) - [Next: 180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.itihasa.ardhakathanak~en-mt.180) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ardhakathānak](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.itihasa.ardhakathanak.179) — Banārasīdās 1641, Braj Bhāṣā --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.itihasa.ardhakathanak~en-mt.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.itihasa.ardhakathanak~en-mt.179) · Pramāṇa