§ 638 .] HINDUSTAN UNDEB THE COMPANY. [ 1800 — 1857 .] 
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It was finished in Sambat 1900 (A.D. 1843), 1 and was written in 
emulation of Raja Sir Radhakdnta Deb's well-known Sanskrit Ency¬ 
clopedia entitled the Cabda-Kalpadruma. Some years ago this work, 
which was printed in Calcutta, sold for a hundred rupees a copy, 
but it is now out of print. 
Dr. Rajendra Lai Mittra, who as a boy was personally acquainted 
with him, gives me the following information regarding this author:— 
‘ The book was in three volumes. The author, I remember, told me that 
he would make his work extend to seven volumes, the same as Raja 
Rddhakanta Deb's Cabda-Kalpadruma, but I do not think he had 
materials ready at hand for the purpose. He carried about with him 
a huge bundle of MS. notes, but I never had an opportunity to examine 
them, and I was too young then to care for them. The author was a 
Brahman, and his great pretension was that he could sing in three 
octaves, the ordinary compass of the human voice being two and a 
half octaves. He pretended also that he could sing in all the Rag as 
and Ragims with absolute accuracy, and without ever mixing up the 
latter ; but I never studied music myself, and in my youth cared nothing 
about it, so I never could get any proof of the man’s pretensions. He 
was always singing, but was not a professional musician, that is, he 
never let himself out on hire. He received presents from the rich 
people of the town frequently, but never accepted anything as wages 
or remuneration for singing.’ 
It would be a work of too great labour to collect the names 
of all the poets whose works are quoted in this great work. The 
author, however, in his preface gives a list of all the poets with 
whom, and all the works (Hindi, Kar’nati, Marathi, Telugu, Grujrati, 
Bar} gall, Uriya, English, Arabic, Peguan (sic), Persian, and Sanskrit) 
with which he is acquainted. From this preface the names of the 
following Hindi authors and works are abstracted. Several I have 
been unable to identify, and especially several works mentioned herein 
are not referred to elsewhere in this book:— 
A—HINDUSTANI AUTHORS. 
Pirthwl Raj (cf. Nos. 6, 73). 
Ramanand (No. 10). 
Chand (No. 6). 
Kabir (No. 13). 
Kamal (No. 16). 
Bidyapaii (No. 17). 
Mira Bai (No. 20). 
Raja Karan (? No. 21). 
Nanak (No. 22). 
Nam Deb (cf. No. 22). 
1 The first chapter is dated 19th March 1842; the second chapter, 1843. 
