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{{Short description|Gujarati scholar and critic}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Ambadan Rohadiya
| honorific_prefix =
| birth_date = 1 April 1959
| birth_place = [[Rajkot]]
| death_date =
| occupation = {{hlist|Scholar|Critic|Writer|professor}}
| language = {{hlist|[[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]|[[Dingal]]|[[Rajasthani languages|Rajasthani]]|[[Hindi]]}}
| nationality = Indian
| alma_mater = [[Saurashtra University]]
| notable_works = Charani Sahtiya Vividha Sandarbhe
Avagāhana 
Sabhaparva 
Bhringipurana
| awards = [[Gujarat Sahitya Akademi|Gujarat Sahitya Akademi Award]] (2020) 
[[Kavi Kag Award|Kavishri Kag Bapu Lok Sahitya Award]] (2004) 
| education = {{hlist|[[B.A.|MA]]|[[Master of Arts|MA]]|PhD|[[MPhil]]}}
| website =
}}
'''Ambadan Rohadiya''' is a reputed writer, critic, [[Academician|academic]], and scholar of [[Dingal]]a, [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], and [[Rajasthani languages|Rajasthani]] and is considered as an authority in [[Charan literature]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=webpioneer |title=ચારણી સાહિત્ય વ્યક્તિ, જાતિવાદનું નહીં, પરંતુ લોકસાહિત્યનું ખેડાણ |url=https://www.kutchmitradaily.com/news/350737 |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=www.kutchmitradaily.com |language=en}}</ref> as well as [[Oral literature|folk literature]] of Gujarat.<ref>{{Cite web |title=હરજીવન આશ્રમ થિયોસોફિકલ સોસાયટી, કડોલી દ્વારા વ્યાખ્યાન યોજાયું |url=https://sanjsamachar.net/news/details/450384/lecture-conducted-by-harjivan-ashram-theosophical-society-kadoli |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=Sanj Samachar |language=gu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=भाषा ही नहीं छंद् शास्त्र भी है डिंगल – प्रो. सीपी देवल UdaipurNews :: pressnote.in |url=https://www.pressnote.in/Udaipur-News_307821.html |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=www.pressnote.in |language=hi}}</ref> His research works and publications of narrative ''charanic'' texts span around four decades. As an academic, Ambadan served as professor and HOD of Gujarati department at the [[Saurashtra University]] as well as presided as the Director of the [[Jhaverchand Meghani|Meghani Lok Sahitya Kendra]] which annually awards the [[Jhaverchand Meghani Award]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Media |first=Abtak |date=2020-01-15 |title=મોરારીબાપુના હસ્તે લાભશંકર પુરોહિતને ઝવેરચંદ મેધાણી અને ભારતી કુંચાલાને હેમુ ગઢવી એવોર્ડ અપાશે |url=https://www.abtakmedia.com/mavaribapus-award-will-benefit-lakshmankar-purohit-with-zaverchand-medhani-and-bharti-kanchala-as-hemu-garhvi-award/ |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=Abtak Media |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=webpioneer |title=કચ્છ પ્રત્યે જસવંતસિંહને ખાસ લગાવ હતો |url=https://www.kutchmitradaily.com/news/310943 |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=www.kutchmitradaily.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sahityasetu: ISSN 2249-2372 |url=http://www.sahityasetu.co.in/issue53/beena.php |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=www.sahityasetu.co.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023 |title=Deep Dive Into Gujarati Classics |work=Ahmedabad Mirror |url=https://ahmedabadmirror.com/deep-dive-into-gujarati-classics/81854917.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=કચ્‍છની ૩૦૦ વર્ષ જુની વ્રજભાષા પાઠશાળાની શોર્ટ ફિલ્‍મનું અનાવરણ |url=https://www.akilanews.com/Saurashtra_news/Detail/08-02-2023/216125 |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=www.akilanews.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-06-15 |title=संस्कृति और साहित्य सत्ता से ऊपर |url=https://udaipurtimes.com/hindi/culture-and-literature-above-power/c74416-w2859-cid129369-s10696.htm |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=udaipurtimes.com}}</ref>

== Career ==
Ambadan grew up in a traditional [[Charan]] family. He started as a reader in Sahitya Bhawan at [[Saurashtra University]] where he completed his master's degree. He was a regular visitor at the Gujarati department which housed more than 12 thousand manuscripts of [[Gujarati literature|Gujarati]] and Charan literature. Early on, he came in contact with Ratudan Rohadiya and [[Dadudan Gadhvi|Kavi Dad]] who led the manuscript safeguarding and conservation effort resulting in the massive collection of manuscripts at the university. Through Ratudan, he took part in the research and editing of these manuscripts.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=जानी |first=बलवंतराय शांतिलाल |date=2018 |title=चारणी पांडुलिपिविज्ञान : स्वरूप-विमर्श |url=https://dhsgsu.edu.in/images/Madhya-Bharti/MADHYABHARTI75241218HINDICompressed-75.pdf |journal=मध्य भारती मानविकी एवं समाजविज्ञान की द्विभाषी शोध-पत्रिका |volume=75 |issue=July–December |pages=7–23 |issn=0974-0066}}</ref> He completed his PhD doctorate over the 16th century saint-poet Hardas Misan, author of ''[[Jalandhara|Jalandhar Puran]]'' and ''[[Bhringi|Bhringi Puran]]'' among other texts. He also focused his research on other medieval poets including [[Mahatma Isardas]], Asaji Rohadiya and Langidas Mahedu.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014 |title=धार्मिक पर्यटन स्थल के रूप में विकसित होगा मंदिर: लखावत |work=[[Dainik Bhaskar]] |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/RAJ-OTH-MAT-latest-barmer-news-044505-326703-NOR.html |access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

As a professor and HOD of Gujarati at Saurashtra University,<ref>{{Cite web |title=संत ईसरदास की पावन जन्म धरा पर आकर मिला सुकून:लखावत – Ajmernama |url=https://ajmernama.com/rajasthan/118444/ |access-date=2023-05-02 |language=en-US}}</ref> Ambadan launched various certificate [[Academic major|courses]] and seminars on Charan and [[Jain literature]] and his efforts to open a unique department of Charan literature and studies were successful.<ref>{{Cite web |title=गुजरात री यादगार जातरा अर राष्ट्रीय सेमीनार / कथेसर – Gadya Kosh – हिन्दी कहानियाँ, लेख, लघुकथाएँ, निबन्ध, नाटक, कहानी, गद्य, आलोचना, उपन्यास, बाल कथाएँ, प्रेरक कथाएँ, गद्य कोश |url=http://gadyakosh.org/gk/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0_/_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0 |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=gadyakosh.org |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=गुजरात व राजस्थान की डिंगल काव्य परम्परा पर परिसंवाद आज – Udaipur News : latest news, social news, crime news |url=https://udaipurnews.in/2016/03/28/gujarat-and-rajasthan-symposium-today-at-dingle-poetic-tradition/ |access-date=2023-05-02 |language=en-US}}</ref> From 2004 onwards, he served as the head of this department. He was appointed director of the [[Jhaverchand Meghani|Jhaverchand Meghani Lok Shahitya Kendra]] established in 2011.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-03-10 |title='Jhaverchand Meghani' chair at Saurashtra University |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/rajkot/jhaverchand-meghani-chair-at-saurashtra-university/articleshow/12213906.cms |access-date=2023-04-26 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=राजस्थानी भाषा को मान्यता से ही राजस्थान का विकास |url=http://mediamorcha.com/entries/%e0%a4%86%e0%a4%af%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%9c%e0%a4%a8/%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%9c%e0%a4%b8%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%a5%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%a8%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%ad%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%b7%e0%a4%be-%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%8b-%e0%a4%ae%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%a8%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%af%e0%a4%a4%e0%a4%be-%e0%a4%b8%e0%a5%87-%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%9c%e0%a4%b8%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%a5%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%a8-%e0%a4%95%e0%a4%be-%e0%a4%b5%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%95%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%b8- |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=mediamorcha.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-05-20 |title=Gujarat: Popular folk singer passes away at 75 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/gujarat-popular-folk-singer-passes-away-at-75-2809694/ |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2023-03-01 |title=डॉ. अंबादान खीमराजभाई रोहड़िया |url=https://www.charanshakti.org/dr-ambadan-rohdiya/ |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=Charan Shakti |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2015, Ambadan was invited to speak at North America Literary Convention by [[Gujarati Literary Academy]] held in [[New Jersey]], US.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015 |title=અમેરિકાના ન્યુજર્સીમાં દોહા-છંદની રમઝટ બોલશે |work=[[Dainik Bhaskar]] |url=https://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/news/SAU-RJK-HMU-MAT-latest-rajkot-news-060503-1153584-NOR.html}}</ref>

=== Positions held ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Position
!Organization
!Term
|-
|Director
|[[Jhaverchand Meghani|Jhaverchand Meghani Folk Literature Centre]]
|2011—2021
|-
|Member
|[[University Granth Nirman Board]]
|2013—2018
|-
|HOD
|Gujarati, Saurashtra University
|
|-
|Member
|Advisory Board-Gujarati, [[Sahitya Akademi]]
|2013—2018
|-
|President
|[[Akhil Bharatiya Itihas Sankalan Yojana|Itihas Sankalan Samiti-Gujarat]]
|2020 onwards
|-
|Head
|Gujarati Teachers Union
|2019
|-
|HOD
|Charan Sahitya Department, Saurashtra University
|2004 onwards
|}

=== Recognition ===
# [[Kavi Kag Award]] (2004)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kag Award – Kavi Shree Dula Bhaya Kag |url=https://kavikag.com/kag-award/ |access-date=2023-04-25 |language=en-US}}</ref>
# Pravasi Rajasthani Sahityakar Samman by Rajasthani Bhasha Sahitya and Sanskriti Akademi (2013)<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X-pvCQAAQBAJ |title=Rajasthan Mahila & Bal Vikas Vibhag Conductor Sidhi Bharti Pariksha |publisher=Upkar Prakashan |isbn=978-93-5013-639-3 |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=***राजस्थानी भाषा साहित्य एवं संस्कृति अकादमी, बीकानेर के वार्षिक पुरस्कार*** |url=http://www.rajasthanstudy.co.in/2013/03/blog-post_8159.html |access-date=2023-05-02 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
# [[Gujarat Sahitya Akademi|Gujarat Sahitya Akademi Award]] – I – for ''Charani Sahtiya Vividha Sandarbhe'' (2020)
# [[Gujarat Sahitya Akademi|Gujarat Sahitya Akademi Award]] – II – for ''Sabhaparva''
# [[Gujarat Sahitya Akademi|Gujarat Sahitya Akademi Award]] – III – for ''Bhringipurana''
# Facilitated at the [[Pramukh Swami Maharaj|Pramukh Swami Centenary Anniversary]] (2022)

== Published works ==

# ''Cāraṇī Sāhitya Vimarśa'' (in Gujarati). Cāraṇī Sāhitya Saṃśodhana Saṃvardhana Kendra. (1992)
# Kag Aai Mahatmya (in Gujarati). (1996)
# ''Cāraṇī sāhitya sandarbha'' (in Gujarati). Praveen Prakashan. (1998)
# ''Sāhityābhimukha'' (in Gujarati). Praveen Prakashan. (1999)
# ''Mahātmā Haradāsajī Misaṇa kr̥ta Jālandharapurāṇa'' (in Gujarati). Praveen Prakashan. (1999)
# ''Avagāhana'' (in Gujarati). (2000)
# ''Asmitā ane anusandhāna'' (in Gujarati). Sāhityadhārā. (2001)
# ''Sāhityane sīmāḍethī'' (in Gujarati). (2002)
# ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=E-82HQAACAAJ Śabdopāsanā]'' (in Gujarati). (2003)
# ''Vāṇī to Amarata Vadāṃ''. Māhitī Khātu. (2003)
# ''Sanshaptaka'' (2004)
# ''Haradāsa Misaṇa krit Bhr̥ṅgīpurāṇa'' (in Gujarati). Ḍiṅgala Sāhitya Śodha Saṃsthāna. (2005)
# Gaḍhavī, Khetasiṃha Nāraṇajī. ''Cāraṇa Kavi Caritra'' (in Hindi). Sāhitya Saṃsthāna. {{ISBN|978-81-89495-50-3}}. (2006)
# ''Sopāna'' (in Gujarati). (2007)
# ''Charani Sahitya : Vibhinna Paripekshya (in Gujarati).'' (2008)
# ''Cāraṇī Sāhitya: vāraso ane vaibhava'' (in Gujarati). (2008)
# ''Cāraṇī Sāhitya: sarjana ane bhāvana'' (in Gujarati). (2008)
# ''Cāraṇī Sāhitya: pūjā ane parīkshā'' (in Gujarati). (2008)
# ''Bhr̥ṅgīpurāṇa'' (2010)
# Śabdāyana (2011)
# Ambadan Rohdiya, Nahar Singh Jasol. ''Jalandhar Puran'' (in Hindi). {{ISBN|978-9385593819}} (2016)
# ''Cāraṇī Sāhitya ane Lokasāhitya'' (in Gujarati). Vivekagrāma Prakāśana. {{ISBN|978-93-89070-88-0}}. (2020)
# ''Charani Sahitya : Vividh Sandarbhe'' (in Gujarati). Divine Publications. {{ISBN|9789387908970}} (2020)
# ''Charani Sahitya : Samipe'' (in Gujarati). (2022)
# ''Charani Sahitya : Manimala'' (in Gujarati). {{ISBN|9789394649163}} (2023)

=== Co-author/editor ===

# ''Asaji Rohadiya'' (1989)
# Ratudan Rohadiya, Ambadan Rohadiya. ''Langidasa Mahedu krit Sata Smaraṇa'' (in Gujarati). (1990)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Maheḍu |first=Lāṅgīdāsa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZJZMAAAAMAAJ |title=Sata smaraṇa |date=1990 |publisher=Pravīnadāna Ke Gaḍhavī |language=gu}}</ref>
# Ratudan Rohadiya, Ambadan Rohadiya. ''Sayaji Jhula krit Rukimani Harana'' (in Gujarati). Cāraṇī Sāhitya Saṃśodhana ane Samvardhana Kendra. (1992)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jhūlā |first=Sāṃyājī |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cOJVHQAACAAJ |title=Rukimaṇī haraṇa |date=1992 |publisher=Cāraṇī Sāhitya Saṃśodhana ane Samvardhana Kendra |language=gu}}</ref>
# M Paṭel, Ambadan Rohadiya. ''Cāraṇa sarjaka paricaya'' Volume-1 (in Gujarati). (1995)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Paṭela |first=Ema Āī |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=974gkgAACAAJ |title=Cāraṇa sarjaka paricaya |date=1995 |publisher=Unmesha Ema. Paṭela |language=gu}}</ref>
# ''Haradasa Misana krit Sabhāparva'' (in Gujarati). (1998)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Misaṇa |first=Haradāsa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M4J0AAAAIAAJ |title=Sabhāparva |date=1998 |publisher=Ambādāna Rohaḍiyā |language=gu}}</ref>
# Balavanta Jānī, Ambādāna Rohaḍiyā, Pālaravabhā. ''Svarga bhūlāvuṃ Śāmaḷā'' (in Gujarati). (1998)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pālaravabhā |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qlWDGwAACAAJ |title=Svarga bhūlāvuṃ Śāmaḷā |date=1998 |publisher=Baḷavanta Jānī |language=gu}}</ref>
# ''Harirasa'' 2005, 2019
# ''Guna Ninda Stuti'' 2005, 2019
# ''Hala Jhala ra Kundaliya'' 2005, 2019
# ''Loksahitya'' −1 2006
# ''Loksahitya'' −2 2007
# ''Tulnatmak Sahitya'' 2007
# ''Kutch'' ''Darshan'' 2008, 2019
# Ambadan Rohadiya, Amrut Patel, Balvant Jani. ''Uttar Gujaratni Lokkathao: Svadhyaya ane Sarvekshan.'' Parshva Publication. 2008
# ‘''Vicharbharti''’ Sahityakar Parichayank 2009
# ‘''Rajabhasha''’ Charani Sahitya Visheshank 2012
# ''Algarini Olakh'' 2019

== Further reading ==

* ''[https://openlibrary.org/works/OL32524275W/Amb%C4%81d%C4%81na_Roha%E1%B8%8Diy%C4%81_paricaya_ane_prad%C4%81na?edition=key:/books/OL44323007M Ambadan Rohadiya: Parichaya ane Pradan]'' (અંબાદાન રોહડિયા: પરિચય અને પ્રદાન) by Bipina Ashara 2011
* PhD Thesis – ''Ambadan Rohadiya: A Study'' (અંબાદાન રોહડિયા: એક અધ્યયન) by Bhavisha Umaraliya 2018<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018 |title=Ph.D. 2018: Ph.D. Registered candidate details |url=http://bknmu.edu.in/uploads/assets/Registered%20students%20phd.pdf |website=BHAKTA KAVI NARSINH MEHTA UNIVERSITY, JUNAGADH}}</ref>

== References ==
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Ambadan Rohadiya - Revision history

Ajay Kumar at 17:29, 23 July 2023