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'''Dayaram''' (1777–1853) was a [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] poet of medieval [[Gujarati literature]] and was the last poet of the [[old Gujarati]] school. He is known in [[Gujarati literature]] for his literary form called ''Garbi'', a lyric song.<ref name="Dwyer2001">{{cite book|author=Rachel Dwyer|title=The Poetics of Devotion: The Gujarati Lyrics of Dayaram|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u7XyeTFxY3wC|year=2001|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-7007-1233-5|page=1}}</ref> He was a follower of [[Pushtimarg]] of [[Hinduism|Hindu]] [[Vaishnavism]].<ref name=ac/> Dayaram, along with [[Narsinh Mehta]] and [[Meera]], is considered a major contributor during the [[Bhakti movement]] in Gujarati literature.

==Biography==
Dayaram was born on 16 August 1777 in [[Chandod|Chanod]] on the bank of the [[Narmada river]]. He was the second son of Prabhuram Pandya, a Sathodara [[Nagar Brahmin]]. His siblings, elder sister Dahigauri and younger brother Manishankar, died at the age of nine and two, respectively.<ref name=ac>{{cite book|title=Dayaram Na Shreshtha Kavyo|last=Parikh|first=Dhiru|year=1995|pages=3–6|publisher=Navbharat Sahitya Mandir Ahmedabad|oclc=701053427}}</ref>

His father was a clerk. He had very little education, and he was interested in devotional songs of the Vaishnava temple. He married in his childhood, but his first wife died after two years of marriage. His second marriage did not accompany him as his father died when he was twelve years old. His mother, too, died two years later. He resided with his relatives in Chanod and [[Dabhoi]]. He traveled across India on a pilgrimage of religious places associated with [[Vaishnavism]]. His contact with Ichchharam Bhatt turned him to his religious interest.<ref name=ac/>

He was initiated into [[Pushtimarg]] (''Brahmasambandha'') in [[Vikram Samvat]] in 1858 by Vallabhaji Maharaj and was fully initiated in Vikram Samvat in 1861.<ref name=ac/>

==Works==
Dayaram was the last poet of the old Gujarati school. Most of his works are written in a literary form called 'Garbi', a lyric song.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |editor=Joseph T. Shipley |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Literature |url=https://www.questia.com/read/76778484/encyclopedia-of-literature |location=New York |publisher=Philosophical Library |year=1946 |pages=513 |url-access= |via= |title=Archived copy |access-date=12 May 2018 |archive-date=13 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513011242/https://www.questia.com/read/76778484/encyclopedia-of-literature |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Dayaram was a devotional poet and was a follower of "Nirgun bhakti sampraday" (Pushti sampraday) in Gujarat. So he gave many Garbi describing [[Krishna]]. He used many literary, poetic forms to express his devotion. He also wrote long narrative poems based on the incidents on the [[Mahabharata]], such as ''Rukmani Vivah'' (Marriage of [[Rukmini]]), ''Satyabhama Vivah'' (Marriage of [[Satyabhama]]), ''Ajamilakhyana'' (Story of [[Ajamila]]), ''Okhaharan'' (abduction of [[Aniruddha]] by [[Chitralekha (deity)|Chitralekha]]).<ref name="Datta1987">{{cite book|author=Amaresh Datta|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&pg=PA912|accessdate=5 May 2017|year=1987|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-260-1803-1|page=912}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book|author=Subhasha M. Dave|title=દયારામ: એક અધ્યયન|trans-title=Dayaram: A Study|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nZ8RAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP11|year=1970|publisher=Anaḍā Buka Ḍīpo}}
* [https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/28906/1/10673087.pdf ''The Gujarati Lyrics of Kavi Dayarambhai''] by [[Rachel Dwyer]]

==External links==
* {{GujLit author}}
* [http://sangeetbhavantrust.com/dayaram.html Sangeet Bhuvan Trust]

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[[Category:Cultural history of Gujarat]]
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