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Rag. His father was By as Swami alias Hari Ram Suk’l (No. 54). 
He is a much esteemed author. In Sanskrit he wrote the RacJha 
Sudhanidhi, and in the vernacular the Hit Chaurasi Dham . Amongst 
his pupils was the poet Nar Bahan (No. 57). See Wilson, Religious 
Sects of the Hindus , p. 177, and Growse, J. A. S. B., vol. xlvii 
(1878), p. 97, where specimens of both his works are given and 
translated. 
57. w*; «rw«r the poet Nar Bahan Jl, of 
Bhaugaw. FI. 1560 A.D. 
He was a disciple of Hit Haribans (No. 56). He is mentioned in 
the Bhakt Mala. 
58. SPT Dhrub Das. FI. 1560 A.D. 
Rag. A pupil of Hit Haribans (No. 56), and a voluminous 
writer. A complete list of his works is given by Mr. Growse in 
J. A. S. B., vol. xlvii (1878), p. 113. 
59. the master Hari Deis, of Brinddban, 
in Braj. FI. 1560 A.D. 
Rag. His Sanskrit works are considered equally good with those 
of Jayddeua, and his vernacular poems rank next after those of 
Sur Das and Tul’si Das. His best known works are the Sadharan 
Siddhant and the Ras ke pad. He had many celebrated pupils, amongst 
whom may be mentioned Tan Sen (No. 60), Bipul Bitthal (No. 62) 
(his uncle), and Bhag’wat Ramit (No. 61). He is said by Wilson to 
have been a pupil of Chaitanya, who disappeared about A.D. 1527 
(Religious Sects of the Hindus , p. 159). This, however, is doubtful. 
See Growse, J. A. S. B., vol. xlv (1876), p. 317, where the matter 
is discussed at length, and where (p. 318) the text of the Sadharan 
Siddhant is given and translated. 
60. fTPT the poet Tan Sen, of Gwaliyar . FI. 1560. 
Rag. He was son of Mak’rand Pare, a Gaiur Brahman. He 
was a disciple of Hari Das (No. 59), from whom he learned the art of 
poetry. He then repaired to Shekh Muhammad Ghaus , of Gwaliyar, 
a famous teacher of singing. The legend is that Muhammad Ghaus 
