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CHAPTER VIII. 
OTHER SUCCESSORS OF TUL’SI DAS. [1600-1700 A.D.] 
Part I.—Religious Poets. 
[Arranged as far as possible in order of date.] 
163. Dadu, the cotton-carder, of Narain, in Aj’mer . 
FI. 1600 A.D. 
The founder of the Dadu Panthi sect. He was horn at Ahmadabad, 
but in his twelfth year removed to Sambhar. He finally settled at 
NaraW, a place about four kos from Sambhar, where he received his 
inspiration. His principal works are the Dadu ki BanT and the 
Dadu Panthi Granth . The latter has been translated by Lieut. G. 
R. Siddons in the J. A. S. B., vi, pp. 480 and 750. See Wilson, 
Religious Sects of the Hindus, i, 103, and Garcin de Tassy. One of 
his disciples was Sundar, the author of the Sundar Saykhija . The 
Ban! extends to 20,000 lines. Dadii’s life by Jan Gopal runs to 
3,000 lines. Fifty-two disciples spread his doctrines throughout 
Raj’putand and Aj’mer, each of them leaving a large collection of 
religious verse. Thus, the poems and hymnology of Garlb Dds are 
said to amount to 32,000 lines; Jaisa is stated to have composed 
1,24,000 lines; Par’yag Dds, 48,000 lines; Rajab di, 72,000; Bakh’na 
Ji, 20,000 lines; SagkarDas, 4,400 ; Baba Ban’cuarl Dds, 12,000 
lines ; Sundar Dds, 1,20,000 lines; and Mddho Dds, 68,000 lines. See 
Memorandum on Bhasha Literature by John Traill, of Jaipur: 1884. 
164. the poet Sundar Dds, of Mewar. FI. 
cir. 1620 A.D. 
He was a disciple of Dadu (No. 163) and wrote a quietistic work 
entitled Sundar Sdykhya. 
165. ^TtTfrr the poet Sen a pat i, 
Braj . B. 1623 A.D. 
of Brindaban, in 
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