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358. WtT, Dulah Tribedl, of Ban’pur a, in the 
Dodb . FI. 1746 A.D. 
Sat. He was son of Uday Nath Tribedl (No. 334), and grandson 
oiKalidas Tribedl (No. 159), the celebrated compiler of the Hajara . 
He wrote a work of great authority on vernacular composition (vrRIT 
*TTf%Hr) entitled Kabi-kul Kanthabharan. 
359. the poet Bal Deb, of Baghel’khand. 
FI. 1746 A.D. 
He attended the court of king Bikrctm Shah, the Baghel of Dewara- 
nagar. 1 In the above year, at the suggestion of this prince, he 
compiled an anthology entitled Sat-kabi-gira Bilas (quoted in this 
work as ‘ Sat.’) which contains poems by seventeen different authors, 
viz.— 
(1) Kesab Das (No. 134). 
(2) Chintama.nl (No. 143). 
(3) Mati Ram (No. 146). 
(4) Sambhu Nath, Sulaykl (No. 147). 
(5) Nil Kanth (No. 148). 
(6) Kalidas Tribedl (No. 159). 
(7) Sukh Deb Nlisar, of Kampila (No. 160). 
(8) Bihari Lai (No. 196). 
(9) Kesab Ray (No. 300). 
(10) Rabi Datd (No. 304). 
(11) Gur DatV Siygh, of Amethi (No. 332). 
(12) Uday Nath Tribedl (No. 334). 
(13) Sambhu Nath Misar (No. 338). 
(14) Dnlah (No. 358). 
(15) Himmati Bahadur (No. 377). 2 
(16) Biswa Nath Atai (No. 410). 
(17) Mukund Lai (No. 560), 
He also wrote poetry himself. 
1 This must be a different person from the well-known Bikrctm Sahl (No. 514), 
of Char’khdtn, who was horn 1785 A.D. Curiously enough a Bal Deb also 
attended his court. 
2 Himmati Bahadur flourished in 1800 A.D., but he must have been an 
old man then. 
