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clear as a ray of light. Other poets may have equalled him in some 
particular quality, but he combined the best qualities of all. 1 Natives 
of India give him the very highest niche of fame, but I believe 
the European reader will prefer the nobility of character of all that 
Tul’sT Das wrote to the often too cloying sweetness of the blind 
bard of Ag’ra. 
38 . Par’man and Das, of Braj. FI. 1550 
A.D. 
Rag. 
39. Kumbhan Das , of Braj. FI. 1550 A.D. 
Rag. These two were pupils of Ballabhachdr’j (No. 34), and are 
included in the Ashta Chhdp. 
40 . Chatur’bhuj Das. FI. 1567. 
Rag. He is included in the Ashta Chhdp as a pupil of Bitthal Nath, 
of Gbhul (No. 35). He is probably the same as another Chatur’¬ 
bhuj mentioned by Sib Sii^gh. Garcin de Tassy (i, 142), quoting the 
• preface to the Prem Sagar, mentions a Chatur’bhuj Misar, author 
of a Braj translation of the 10th book of the Bhagauata Purana 
in dohas and chdupms. 
41 . ChhJtSwdmi. FI. 1567 A.B. 
Rag. He is included in the Ashta Chhdp as a pupil of Bitthal 
Nath (No. 35). He is possibly the same as a Chhlt Kabi included 
in Haj., whom Sib Si^gh dates as 1648 A.D. 
42 . Nand D<*s the Brahman, of Ram’pur. FI. 
1567. 
Rag. He was a pupil of Bitthal Nath (No. 35), and his name is 
included in the Ashta Chhdp. A proverb about him is 
*lfg-5TT, ^ XHT —-All others are simply founders (or melters), 
1 As an anonymous poet of Ak’bar’s court says, “ Gayg excels in sonnets 
and Blr’bal in the Kabitta metre. Kesab’s meaning is ever profound, but Sur 
possesses the excellences of all three.” 
