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after mean sun-rise, when Sashṭhi began. Thus on the following Wednesday the tithi was really 6th, but apparently Kesavadasa counted Tuesday as Chaturthi and Wednesday as Pañchami, as he clearly put down Panchami to be a Wednesday.
APPENDIX I.
No. 97. KISORI ALI flourished in Samvat 1837 which is equal to 1780 A.D. He composed a book named Sara-chandrika dealing with the virtues of good company. It has been previously noticed (See no. 151 of S.R. 1909-11). It would be interesting to find out whether the author was a lady. In the invocation the author adores Radha and the verse in which the name of the author occurs gives rise to the theory that the adorer may have been a female. It is as follows:
जयति कृपा की रासि कीजे निज पद दासि
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aufa fag'a fagfcut !
Haft fart at år ||
Mark the underlined words. If aft be taken as an adjectival noun qualifying Kisori Ali, certainly the author should be considered as a maiden. If it is however taken as a vocative it would refer to Radha. Again arfa rhyming with TTF would be in the feminine and the prayer in the 2nd line would yield the following:-Make the maiden Kisori Ali your own foot maid servant. But as there is an order of devotees to Radha, who pray their patroness in the guise of her Sakhi or maidservant the sex of the author is rendered ambiguous. The author belongs to the 18th century A.D. aud is a good writer.
No. 98. KISORĪDĀSA is also known as Manoharadasa. Most probably he belonged to Brindabana. He composed a book named Radha-ramana-rasa-sagara in the Vikrama year 1757 1700 A.D. His another book Bansavali Brishabhāņuraya ki was noticed in S.R. of 1909.11 (See no. 152) and his Padas in 1900 (See no. 59). The present find fixes his time against the conjectural one given in the report of 1909-11.
