Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c10.s2.t27.5

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As one of the representatives of Indian literature ‘Chhayavad’ in 1920s and 1930s, he mainly wrote lyric poems with strong romantic elements and the contents mainly describe the natural scenes, free love and the expression of religious feelings. Such collections of poems include *Kanan Kusum* (1912), *Chitradhar* (1918), *Jharna* (1918), *Ansu* (1925) and *Lahar* (1933). *Ansu* made him a famous poet. *Ansu* consists of 190 quatrains and expresses his recollection of love and parting disappointment with rich figures of speech. Another of his representative works is Kamayani (1935) that was composed based on an Indian myth of creation of the world by Manu, and expresses the metaphor of modern society. Kamayani is regarded as an epic in the late period of Chhayavad. Moreover, he created some patriotic poems, which played an active role in Indian national independent movement.