Editing Chhayavad (section)

===By the contributing poets===
'''Jaishankar Prasad''' noted that this new form of poetry relied more on Indian aesthetics of experience and expression. Its distinctive features included suggestiveness, figurativeness, the depiction of nature, and the nuanced articulation of personal emotions. He said:{{blockquote| When poetry moved away from the mythological narratives or external descriptions of women’s beauty in different lands and began expressing self-experienced emotions rooted in pain, it came to be termed Chāyāvād in Hindi.<ref>Sharan, Deenanath (1958), p.12 "काव्य के क्षेत्र में पौराणिक युग की किसी घटना अथवा देश-विदेश की सुन्दरी के बाह्य वर्णन से भिन्न जब वेदना के आधार पर स्वानुभूतिमयी अभिव्यक्ति होने लगी, तब हिन्दी में उसे छायावाद नाम से अभिहित किया गया।"</ref>}}

'''Mahadevi Varma''' viewed the philosophy of Chhayavad as rooted in [[Neo-Vedanta|universalism]] ''(sarvātmavād)'' and identified nature as its medium. She believed this poetry established a profound emotional bond with nature, evoking universal empathy and unity with all elements of the world. She regarded [[mysticism]] as a natural progression of Chāyāvād.<ref>Sharan, Deenanath (1958), p.12</ref>

'''Sumitranandan Pant''', in a distinctly poetic manner, observed that the spontaneous emergence of poetic sensibilities from diverse directions eventually coalesced into the epoch-defining Chhayavad.<ref>Jain, Nirmala (1971), p.125 "चारों दिशाओं से स्वतंत्र रूप से नई काव्य-चेतना की धाराएँ बहकर छायावाद के युगचरितमानस में संचित हुईं।"</ref>