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him. One does not find the sweetness, which characterizes the writings of the Panna poet. Hamsa appears to be a man of the United Provinces instead of Bundelkhand as his diction discloses. Hamsarāja Bakshi wrote in pure Bundeli. The nameless manuscript of Hamsa bears no date of any kind, which makes it difficult to determine its author's time, but he does not appear to be very old.
No. 68. HARA-BAKSHA
SIMHA was a Bisena Kshatriya, a resident of Partapagarh. His father's name was Prithvipāla and grandfather's Chandrika-baksha. Harabaksha wrote Śrī Rāmāyaṇa Śataka giving the story of the Rāmāyaṇa in brief and another book Rama-ratnāvalī, which describes the various kinds of meals served to Rama. The first book is divided into three parts, Rāmāyaṇa-sataka, Tattva-vichara and Jñana-sataka, all of which are well written. The book was composed in. Samvat 1907 or 1850 A.D.
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No. 69. HARADEVA GIRI, Paramahamsa of Kasi, subsequently began to live in a village called Dalipapur composed Gita Bhasha in Samvat 1901-1844 A.D.
No. 70.
HARIVALLABHA flourished about 1644 A. D. He composed a metrical translation of Bhagvat Gitā (see no. 117 of 1909-11 and no. 90 of 1902), which tallies word by word with another done by Anandarama (see para 11 of the report above). Hari-vallabha is apparently identical with the author of Sangita Bhasha noticed in S.R. 1901, see no. 61.
No. 71. HARICHARANADĀSA wrote a commentary on Bihari's Satasai known after him as Haricharana Tikā (see S.R. 1904 no. 4). He wrote a gloss on Kavi-priyā also (vide S. R. 1909-11 no. 108 and no. 589 of 1904). The Satasai Tika was written in Samvat 1834 which is equal to 1777 A.D. Haricharanadasa is considered as one of the greatest commentators of the Satasai. The commentary is written
