Buddhiprakash (Gujarati: બુદ્ધિપ્રકાશ, English: Light of Knowledge) is a Gujarati language magazine published by Gujarat Vidhya Sabha (formerly known as Gujarat Vernacular Society), Ahmedabad, India.
Buddhiprakash was established in 1850[1] as a lithotype fortnightly. The first issue of the magazine was published on 15 May 1850 from Ahmedabad. It had 16 pages with articles on 26 subjects ranging from science and technology to philosophy. It cost 1.5 Anna to readers per issue then. After one and a half years of publication, it was closed.[2][3][4]
Buddhiprakash was the leading magazine in the social reform era of Gujarat in the 19th century, advocating reforms in variety of fields. Apart from literature, it published articles in sociology, politics, religion, philosophy, zoology, botany, archeology, history, geography and economics. It occasionally published special issues. Dalpatram's work Dalpatpingal based on poetic metres was serialized in this magazine from 1855 to 1860.[3][4]
^ abcVyas, Kishor (May 2012). Mehta, Hasit (ed.). સાહિત્યિક સામાયિકો: પરંપરા અને પ્રભાવ (Gujarati Literary Megazines: Tradition and Influence) (in Gujarati). Ahmedabad: Rannade Prakashan. pp. 48–49.
^ abcRamesh Dave (1996).『બુદ્ધિપ્રકાશ』[Buddhiprakash]. In Chandrakant Topiwala (ed.). ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યકોશ (Encyclopedia of Gujarati Literature) (in Gujarati). Vol. 3. Ahmedabad: Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. pp. 421–422.
