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NOTES ON AUTHORS.
No. 85. JANAKI-RASIKA-SARANA of Pramoda-vana in Ajodhya with Rasa-mālā as his nom-de-plume composed Avadhi-sagara. His poetry is good. He flourished in the year 1703 A.D.
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No. 86. JAYADAYĀLU composed Krishna Premasagara in 1906 which is equal to 1849 A.D. Most probably he belonged to the Ballabhi Sampradaya.
No. 87. JAYAJAYARAMA was the son of one Sevārāma Agarawala Bania. The latter was the Diwan of Rājā Ratana Simha of Maidu near Hathras, District Aligarh. The poet settled at Anupasahar (Bulandsahar) on the Ganges and went afterwards to the Darbar of Raja Mitrasimha of Harayana, where he made the metrical translation of Brahma Vaivarta Puraṇa, Krishna Khanda under the patronage of Rajakumara Jasvanta Simha in the Samvat year 1867 = 1810 A.]). Harayana is said to have been situated on some lands lying between the rivers Ganges and Jamunā.
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No. 88. JAYATARĀMA of Brindavana flourished about 1573 A.D. He attended the court of Akbar. He composed Gita ki Tikā, which is a metrical translation of Bhagvat Gitā.
No. 89. JINADASA Pandita or Pande composed a book named Yogi Rāsā. He appears to be the author of Sitārāsā also, in which the author is referred to as a Jaina Kavi. He is known to have composed two other works Jambu-charita and Jñana-sarodaya about 1587 A.D).
No. 90. JIVARĀMA Mahanta alias Yugala-priya of Chirana, apparently a disciple of Agrasvami, was the preceptor of Mahanta Yugala Narayana sarana of Ajodhya. The latter flourished about 1830 A.D. The time of his preceptor may therefore be taken to be 1830 A.D. He wrote Padavali or devotional songs and Ashṭayama or the daily routine of a devotee and his deity in prose.
