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THE MODERN LITERARY HISTORY OF HINDT?STlN. 
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138. «TT<51 Bal Krish’n Tripathh FL 
1600 A.D. 
He was son of Balibhadr’, nephew of Kesab Das, and brother of 
Kasl Nath. He was the author of a good prosody entitled Ras- 
chandrikd . 
There is another poet of the name Bal Krish’n , of whom I know 
no particulars. 
139. WrNFt the poet Kasl Nath . FI. 1600 A.D. 
A graceful poet. He was son of Balibhadr’, nephew of Kesab Das, 
and brother of Bal Krish’n Tripathh 
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140. Deb Datt’ alias Deb Kabi, the Brahman of 
Samanegaw , district Mam’purl. B. 160U A.D. 
According to Native opinion he was the greatest poet of his time, 
and indeed one of the great poets of India. He is said to have written 
no less than seventy different works. The following are those which 
are best known:—(1) Prem Tarapg, (2 ) Bhdw-bi/ds, (3) Ras-bi/as, 
(4) Rasanand-lahan, (5) Sujan-binod , (6) Kabya-rasayan [a treatise 
on prosody ( piygal ) and rhetoric ( alaykar)], (7) Ashta-jam (Bag.) 
(printed), (8) Deb-mdya Prapahch (a play), (9) Prem-dipikd, (10) 
Sumil-binod, (11) Radhika-bilas . Garcin de Tassy (i, 157), quoting 
from Ward, (ii, 480), calls him Deb Raj, and says that he is author of 
a Nakh’sikh (see note to No. 87), which is probably one of the above- 
mentioned works. 
141. Hari Ram. B. 1623 A.D. 
The author of a Nakh’sikh (see note to No. 87). Possibly the same 
as a Hari Ram Kabi, the author of a Pip gal (Bag.), or treatise on 
prosody, mentioned by Sib Siijgh as B. (? FI.) 1651 A.D. 
142. the poet Sundar Das, a Brahman 
of Gwaliyar. FI. 1631 A.D. 
Nir., Sun. He attended the court of the emperor Shah Jahan. 
He was first given the title of Kabi Ray, and afterwards of Maha Kabi 
Ray. His principal work is on composition, and is entitled Sundar 
S rip gar, a work on lovers. He was also author of a Braj Bhakha 
translation of the Sipghasan Battisi (Bag.), the origin of Lallu Ji Lai’s 
