Nakar
Nakar was a 16th-century Gujarati poet from Gujarat. He has written several Akhyanas. Life. Very little is known about his life as his verses are the only source regarding his life. His lived in sixteenth century, though it was initially believed that he lived in seventeenth century. He belonged to Disaval Bania caste and lived in Vadodara. He wrote several Akhyana which were recited in public by "Manabhatt" (Professional story tellers belonged to Brahmin caste) as only Brahmins were allowed to do so. Works. He wrote several poems but only seven are published. Most of them are in  Akhyana form to be recited by professional story tellers. He did not write poems in metres but in local tunes ("raga"s) like Ramagri, Ashavari ane Sameri. He wrote "Harishchandrakhyan" (1516, Vikram Samvat 1572) based on story of Harishchandra in Umreth. His other works include "Shiva-vivah" (marriage of Shiva, 1544), "Chandrahasakhyan", "Lavkushakhyan", "Dhruvakhyan" (1544), "Mrigalisamvad", "Bhiladi na Bar Mas". "Shiva-vivah" and "Dhruvakhyan" were written earlier than 1544 but a Brahmin for whom he wrote was not pleased with its short form so he rewrote and expanded them in 1544. "Bhaktamal" is about saints of Gujarat which resemble "Sadhu Charita  of Vasto. Studies. Chimanlal Trivedi has published a Ph. D. thesis Kavi Nakar - Ek Adhyayan" (1966) on him and his published and unpublished works. The followups to this work are included in "Nakar" (1979) of "Gujarati Granthkar" series as well as in "Gujarati Sahityano Itihas - Volume 2".