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THE MODERN LITERARY HISTORY OF HINDttSTlN. 
[§ 151. 
Sud., Sun. He is counted as one of the masters of vernacular 
composition. His most famous works are (1) the Kabya Kalpa-drum, 
(2) Kabya Saroj, (3) Srlpati Saroj. 
151. Saraswatl, 
Brahman of Banaras . FI. 1650 A.D. 
the poet-laureate, a 
He was learned in Sanskrit composition (*rrf%Hf), and at the 
instance of the emperor Shah Jahan (1628—1658) he took to writing 
poems in the vernacular. His principal work of this nature was the 
Kabindra-ha/pa-lata, in which there are many poems in praise of 
prince Dara Shukoh and the Begam Sahib . 
152 . f^r^r *rr^r the poet Sib Nath, of Bundel’hhand . 
FI. 1660 A.D. 
He attended the court of Baja Jagat Siggh Bundela, the son of 
Chhattr’ Sal (Ho. 197), of Par’na (Panna ), and was the author of a work 
on poetry entitled Ras Rahjan . The above is Sib Singh’s account; 
but, according to Tod, Chhattr’ Sal, the Bundela, had no son named 
Jagat. See Tod’s Rajasthan , ii, 491; Calc. ed. ii, 527. Hunter’s 
Gazetteer, s.v. Jaitpur, mentions a Jagatraj, son of Chhattr’ Sal. The 
Rep. Arch. Stir. Ind. xvii, 106, gives some verses by a poet named 
Sib (or Shiu) Petti, who lived about the same time. 
i53.- the poet TuPsi, 
FI. 1655. 
the son of Jadu Ray . 
He was only a mediocre poet himself, but he compiled in 1655 
A.D. an excellent anthology, entitled the Kabi-mdla. It includes 
poems by seventy-five different poets, dating from Sambat 1500 (A.D. 
1443) down to Sambat. 1700 (A.D. 1643). 
154. the poet Mandan, of Jait’pur, in Bun - 
del’khand. B. 1659. 
Nir., Sun. He attended the court of king Mag gad Siggh. He 
wrote three works on composition (*ni%HT), entitled (1) Ras 
RatnabalJ, (2) Ras Bi/ds, and (3) Nam Pachasa. 
155. ^7T«T the poet Ratan. B. 1681 A.D. 
