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594. offa *U 5 T •> the bard Jib Nath, of NauJCil’gafij , district 
Undo, B. 1815 A D, 
He belonged to the family of Bal Krish'n, Dlwan of Audh, He 
wrote a work of merit entitled the Basant Pachisi, 
595. Sib Sirjgh, Segar, of Kant ha, district Undo . 
B. 1821 A.D. 
He is the author of the Sib Sirjgh Saroj, on which this work is 
principally founded. He also translated the Brihachchhiuapurana 
both into the vernacular and into Urdu, and the Brahmottarakhanda 
into the vernacular. He has a great collection of Arabic, Persian, 
Sanskrit, and vernacular manuscripts, which he delights in cata¬ 
loguing. He was son of Maharaj-kumar Thakur Ran'jit Sirjgh, 
Segar, Ta‘aluq’dar of Kantha, and is himself an Inspector of Police. 
596. ^^<9} Madan Gopal Sakai, of PhatQ - 
habad (Fatuhabad) . B. 1819 A.D. 
He attended the court of Baja Arjun Sirjgh, of Baliram'pur 
(district Gvda), for many years. At his suggestion he wrote two 
wor ks_the Arjun Bilas and a simple treatise on medicine entitled 
Baidya Ratan . Sib Siijgh mentions two other poets—(1) Madan Gopal 
of Char'khari, in BundBl'khand, and (2) Madan Gopal, without any 
particulars. Neither of these are dated by him. 
597. ^T^rfT M Garjga Par'sad, commonly known as 
Garjg Kabi, or the poet Garjg, the Brahman of Supauli, district 
Sitapur . B. 1833 A.D. 
He was given the village Supauli rent-free on account of his 
poems. His son is also a poet, and is now alive in Tihar'na, Gaijga 
Par’sad wrote a work entitled Duti Bilas, in which the various kinds 
of lovers’ go-betweens (duti) are described in a series of punning 
verses. 
598. the poet and bard Jai, of Lakh’naO. FI. 
1845 A.D. 
