24 Nagendra Nath Gupta —Vidycipati Thakur. [Extra No. 
The dates of Vidyapati’s birth and death cannot be ascertained, but 
the day and month of his death are stated in the following couplet :— 
v) 
srnffra sn«t ii 
“ Know that the termination of Vidyapati’s life was on the white 
thirteenth day of Kartik.” 
This shows tliat the poet died on the thirteenth day of the full 
moon in the month of Kartik, 
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