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| name = ''Ashwattha''<br/><br />
અશ્વત્થ<br />
| image = Ashwattha Book Cover.jpeg<br />
| caption = Coverpage<br />
| author = [[Ushnas]] <br />
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| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]<br />
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| genre = Collection of poems<br />
| set_in = [[Ahmedabad]]<br />
| published = 1975<br />
| publisher = Vora & Company <br />
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| media_type = Print<br />
| pages = 135<br />
| awards = [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1976)<br />
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|dewey = 891.471<br />
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| preceded_by = Spanda Ane Chhand<br />
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'''''Ashwattha''''' ([[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]: અશ્વત્થ) is a collection of poems written by [[Ushnas|Natwarlal Kuberdas Pandya]], also known as Ushnas, in [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]. The book won the [[Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati]] in 1976. It is considered Ushnas's finest work in Gujarati.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Solanki |first=Kishor |editor-last=Topiwala |editor-first=Chandrakant |editor-link= |encyclopedia=Gujarati Sahityakosh (Encyclopedia of Gujarati Literature) |title=Ashwattha (1975) |language= Gujarati |year=1990 |publisher=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] |volume=2 |location=Ahmedabad |pages=14}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
Ushnas wrote the poems between 1966 and 1973. They were published in various Gujarati literary magazines including ''Kumar'' and ''Samarpan''. The book was first published in 1975 by Vora & Company, in [[Ahmedabad]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Pandya |first=Natwarlal 'Ushnas' |date=1975 |title=Ashwattha |location=Ahmedabad |publisher=Vora & Company |page=5 }}</ref><br />
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== Content ==<br />
The book consists of 128 poems composed in different forms, including [[sonnet]]s, [[Geet (song)|geet]]s, [[free verse]], [[haiku]], [[ghazal]]s and [[muktak]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Soni |first=Raman |editor-last=Thakar |editor-first=Dhirubhai |editor-link= |encyclopedia=Gujarati Vishwakosh (Gujarati Encyclopedia) |title=Ashwattha (1975) |language=Gujarati |year=1989 |publisher=Gujarati Vishwakosh Trust |volume=1 |location=Ahmedabad |pages=530}}</ref><br />
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== Awards ==<br />
The book won the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1976) for Gujarati language.<ref>{{cite book |last=Trivedi |first=Dr. Ramesh M. |date=2015 |title=Arvachin Gujarati Sahityano Itihas (History of Modern Gujarati Literature) |location=Ahmedabad |publisher=Adarsh Prakashan |page=265 |isbn=978-93-82593-88-1}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:1975 poetry books]]<br />
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[[Category:Indian poetry collections]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian books]]<br />
[[Category:Sahitya Akademi Award-winning works]]<br />
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