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194. Suja (Shuja‘). FI. 1681. 
A bard at tbe court of Jas’iuant Siygh (1638—1681), of Mar'war. 
Cf. Tod, ii, 59; Calc. ed. ii, 62. 
195. Maharaj A jit Siygh, tbe Rathaur, of 
Jodh’pur, in Mar’war. Lived 1681—1724 A.D. 
This king got written a work entitled the Raj Rupakakhyat. This 
contains a history of events from A.D. 469, when Nayana Pa!a 
conquered Kanauj and killed A jay a Pa la, its king, to the time of king 
Jai Chand . In a second part the history is carried on to the death 
of Maharaj Jas’iuant Siygh in A.D. 1681 ; and again, in a third 
part, is related the history from the commencement of the solar race 
to the year 1734 A.D. Cf. Tod, ii, 2, 4, 58, and ff., 91», and 107^; 
Calc. ed. ii, 2, 4, 64, and ff., 99 n, and 11 7n. 
196. frftd ’w, Bihar1 La! Chaube, of Braj. FI. 
1650 A.D. 
Sat., Nir., Rag. One of the most celebrated authors of India, his 
fame resting on his Sat Sal (Rag.), or collection of seven hundred clohas, 
for each line of which he received a reward of a gold ashrafi from king 
Jai Siygh. The elegance, poetic flavour, and ingenuity of expression 
in this difficult work, are considered to have been unapproached by 
any other poet. He has been imitated by numerous other poets, but 
the only one who has achieved any considerable excellence in this 
peculiar style is Tul’sl Das (No. 128), who preceded him by writing a 
Sat Sai (treating of Ram, as Bihar! Lai’s treated of Krish’n) in the 
year 1585 A.D. Other good Sat Sals are those of Bikram and 
Chandan. Biharl’s poem has been dealt with by innumerable 
commentators. Its difficulty and ingenuity are so great that it is 
called a veritable aksara-kamadhenu. The best commentary is that by 
Surati Misar (No. 326), Agar’wala. The verses were arranged in the 
order in which they now stand for the use of prince A‘zam Shah, and 
hence this edition is called the Azim Shah! recension. It has been 
translated into elegant Sanskrit verse by Pandit Hari Pracada, under 
the auspices of Chet Siygh, Raja of Banaras. Little is known about 
this great poet’s life. His patron was a Raja Jai Siijgh Kachh’waha, 
of Amer, In 1600 A.D. Raja Man Siygh reigned at Amer, and 
between him and the year 1819 there were three Jai Siijghs. The 
