Tenth Report on Search of Hindi Manuscripts for Years 1917 to 1919

SR No.: 010837
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Rai Bahaddur Hiralal
Publisher: Allahabad Government Press
Publication Year: 1929
Total Pages: 532
Language: Hindi
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 38 MB

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APPENDIX I.
vernacular poets the Jains have produced. His other works are Banarsi-paddhati and Nama-mālā. The last is a list of synonymous terms. Several of his books are translations from Jaina religious books.
No. 20. BANSIDHARA PRADHANA, a Kayastha by caste, appears to be a Bundelkhandi poet. He flourished in 1717 A.D. under the patronage of Mana Mahipa and enjoyed a free grant village named Bansipur where he apparently lived. He composed a book named Mittra-manohara in 1717 A. D. (See no. 12 of S. R. 1906-08) which is a translation of Hitopadesā. Bansidhara appears to be a capable writer.
No. 21. BENI PRASĀDA, is a newly discovered author who wrote his Rasa Śringāra-samudra for the diversion of Raja Jagatrāja, son of the famous Chhattrasala in the year 1698 A. D. He is a good poet. He adopted the nom-deguerre of Frasāda.
No. 22. BHAGAVANDASA KHATRI, wrote MahaRāmāyaṇa, which is a collection of various chapters of Yoga Vasishtha written in Hindi prose. Two of these were found in the present search. One of them was prepared in 1822 A. D. The writer must have therefore flourished before that date. In the Misra-Bandhu-Vinoda a writer bearing the same name and caste (see no. 2350) was shown as the author of Yoga-Vasishtha. But he was put down as still living and to be 55 years of age which would put his translation of at least one chapter 36 years before his birth. His work is not worth much being written in the obsolete style.
No. 23. BHAGVATDĀSA, a disciple of Srinivasa. He was a Vaishnava of the Rāmānuja sect. He wrote his Bhedabhaskara in order to refute the Advaita and to support the Vishishṭhādvaita philosophy. Another poet of the same name wrote Rama Rasayana (See no. 26 of S. R. 1909-11), but at present there is nothing to show that they were identical. Both appear to belong to the 14th century.