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374. the poet and bard Chandan Rdy f 
of Rahil (? Mahii) Puwawa, district Shah-Jahan-pur . FI. 1773 A D. 
He attended the court of Raja Kesarl Siygh, of Gaur. Under his 
name he wrote the Kesarl Par’has. Amongst his other works may be 
mentioned an important poem entitled the Sriygar-sar, the Kallol 
Taraygini (dated 1789 A.D.), the Kabyabharan, the Chandan Sat Sal, 
and the Pathikbodh. All these are highly esteemed. He had twelve 
pupils, all of whom became successful poets. The most celebrated was 
the poet Man Bhawan (No. 375). A descendant of his was Mak’rand 
Ray (No. 610). 
375. Man Bhawan, a Brahman, of Mttriya, district 
Shah-Jahan-pur. FI. 1780. 
Rag. He was the most successful of the twelve pupils of Chandan 
Ray (No. 374). His best work is the Sriygar RatnabalL 
376. TfT*! Blbi Ratan Kitar, of Banaras. B. cir. 
1777 A.D. 
Authoress of an account of devotees of Krish’n, entitled Prem 
Ratna . She was grandmother of Raja Shiua Prasad\ C.S.I. (No. 699). 
This gentleman writes to me as follows concerning her:—‘My grand¬ 
mother, Bib! Ratan Khar, died some 45 years ago' (written in 1887), 
‘when I was only 19 years old, attending the court of Colonel 
Sutherland, the Governor-General’s Agent at Aj’mer, as Wakll of the 
late Maharaj of Bharat’pur. Her age was between 60 and 70 when she 
left this world, but I regret I cannot give you exact dates. Besides 
the Prem Ratna, she composed many pad as. I have a manuscript 
book, called Pad hi Pothi , in which she has written here and there 
with her own hands her padas. She was a good musician, and wrote 
a beautiful hand. She was well versed in Sanskrit, and knew a little 
Persian too. She knew medicines, and the best part of the little 
knowledge I may be credited with, I acquired from her/ 
377. fafp, Jas’wdnt Siggh, the Bhagela, of 
Rajatir'wa, in Kanauj. FI. 1797 A.D. 
He was learned in Sanskrit and Persian. He compiled from other 
works on composition ( ) a work on lovers (see note to No. 87) 
entitled Sriygar Siromani . He also wrote a famous treatise on 
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