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of is also found, which is the same as in the Maithil 
poems. The title of is to bo met with in Dr. Grierson’s 
collection. There is a large number of poems bearing the title of 
The title of does not belong to Vidyapati himself 
but to Raja S'iva Simh, or some other member of the family. Some 
poems have been composed under the name of fchr In the tffmWT 
of one poem of this class the word also occurs :— 
sENrcn* Ttfire 1 
^T*TOffl33 HR I 
*THT 
f«T *sjrfar ®ir ii 
“ Even an enemy forgives one (viz., the first) offence, saith Raj 
Pandit: Simha King knoweth Radha is only a woman and Yadupati 
(Krsna) is amorous.” 
In the deed of gift of the village of Bispi Vidyapati is Bpoken 
of both as and •!<*• I have found ^irr*XT*r in 
only one poem, of which the concluding lines are of great historical 
value :— 
srhr »r ^ jjf«r 
to hhtjih i 
*iraH «rr Tf HiftfW wfr ^ 
hht ii 
“ Saith Dasavadhan (viz., one who can attend simultaneously to 
ten different subjects),—This first meeting is due to the memory of 
old love ; O beauteous one ! love Lord Alam Shah even as the lotus 
loves the bee.” 
The expression Alam Shah, or Lord of men, must have reference 
to the Emperor of Delhi at the time, or the Pathan king of Bengal. 
qrfcqraCTFC is found with as well as without Vidvapati’s name :— 
vrs: faanffa qnsrc i 
tb ws ftrafaT fir* sram* g 
“ Saith Vidyapati, the Necklace of poets,—Siva Simha, the incar¬ 
nation of S'iva, knoweth the taste (of this song).” 
fagfe 'srerer fft; ffcfi i 
