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1746) he wrote a first-rate work on rhetoric entitled the 
Alaykar-nidhi, in which he has described ninety-six alaykaras with 
examples. He states in this work that there were four principal poets 
attending his own court, named, respectively, Rudr’ Mam Misar 
(No. 352), Sukh Lal (No. 354), Sant Jib (No. 353), and Gurndn Jl 
Misar (No. 349). A number of detached poems by him are included 
in a compilation entitled the Kish or Say grab. He is possibly the same 
as a Jugul Kishor Kabi mentioned by Sib Siijgh (without date) as 
an erotic writer. 
349. off Gurndn Ji Misar, of Sari, district 
Har’dol. FI. 1740 A.D. * 
He was skilled in composition and in Sanskrit. He attended the 
court of the emperor Muhammad Shah (1719—1748) of Dill!, under 
the protection of Jugul Kishor Bhatt (No. 348). Subsequently he 
attended the court of ( All Ak’bar Khan Muhammad!, who was himself 
an excellent poet, and who had in his service Nidhan (No. 350), Prem 
Nath (No. 351), and other great poets. Guman Jl wrote the Kala 
Nidhi, which is an excellent line-for-liue commentary in various metres 
on the Haisadha of Qri Harsa. He also wrote a special commentary 
named Salil 1 on the PahchanalJya, which is the name of a difficult 
portion of the Naisadha . He is possibly the same as another 
Guman Kabi mentioned by Sib Siggh as born in 1731, and author 
of a work entitled Krish’n Chandrika . 
350. Nidhan t the Brahman. FI. 1751 A.D. 
He attended the court of *AH Ak’bar Khan Muhammad!, where he 
had great repute. He wrote a highly poetical Salihotr* or treatise 
on veterinary surgery in the vernacular. He was a fellow courtier of 
Guman Ji Misar (No. 349) and Prem Nath (No. 351). 
*N 
351 . it$t Prem Nath the Brahman of Kalua, district 
Kheri, in Audh. FI. 1770 A.D. 
Sun. He attended the court of ( Ali Ak’bar Khan Muhammad!, 
and translated the Brahmottarakhanda into the vernacular. He was a 
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1 Or Sib Siggh, from whom this is taken, may mean that he made the 
Pahchanallya as clear as water. 
