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499:(2007). She edited
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422:(1992) edited by
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188:Sanskrit
184:Jamnagar
100:Gujarati
97:Language
83:Novelist
39:Jamnagar
756:Awards
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446:Shaheed
400:Endhani
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299:Vietnam
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