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report above. Mohanalāla lived at Kumbhera in the Bharatapur State, which was formerly included in the Braja country,
No. 114. MOTIRĀMA lived in the court of Brajendra Mahārājā Balavanta Simha of Bharatapur and it was for the Mahārājā that the Brajendra-vinoda was written after his name in Samvat 1885-1828 A. D. He is a newly discovered poet of no mean pretension. Mahārājā Balavanta Simha of Bharatapur ruled from 1826 to 1853. A.D.
No. 115. MUHAMMAD, a Musalmān, wrote a book of which the title has not been found. The manuscript is without any beginning and end. A poet of this name flourished in 1703 A.D.
No. 116. MURLĪDĀSA wrote a book, the title of which is not given in the manuscript. His time is unknown. .
No. 117. NĀBHĀJI alias Nārāyaṇadāsa, a Doma by caste, was a disciple of Agradāsa and fiourished in 1595 A.D. His Bhaktamāla is very well kuown. It has been published and thoroughly studiod.
No. 118, NĀGARĪDĀSA composed a book named Bhāga vata for Sāha Chhajūrāma, the Diwān to Sri Rão Rūjā Pratipa Simha. The manuscript is incomplete. Cantos 1, 5, 9 aud 10 aro inissing. He flourished in tho 18th century A.D. There are five poets of this name.
No. 119. NANDADĀSA (Flourished 1567 A.D.). He was a disciple of Biţthalanātha of Braja (See no. 11 of S. R. 1901 and no. 200 of 1906-08). He is one of the famous Ashta-chhāpa poets of Braja and is well known as a great poet and dovotee. His famous work is Rāsa Pañchādhyāyi of which a manuscript in the present search has been found copied in 1937 A. D. together with Nāma-māla and Syāma-Sagāi, the last not being noted in Griersou’s Modern Vernacular Literature of Hindustān. It has however been noticed under no. 200 (c) in S. R. 1906-08. His other works are noticed in S. R. 1909-11 (See uo. 208).
