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APPENDIX I.
No. 133. PATĪTADĀSA SVĀMI, most probably of Ajodhya, composed a book named Gupta Gita, dealing with philosophy down to witch-craft. The author's time is not known.
No. 134. PRANACHANDA Chauhana composed his Mahānaṭaka or story of Rama and Sītā as given in the Rāmāyana in Samvat 1667 = 1610 A.D. when Sah Salim was the mperor of Delhi. This must be Jahangir who was called Mirza Salim before his accession to the throne (See no. 95 of S. R. 1903).
No. 135. PRANANATHA Bhaṭṭa, son of Kalyana Bhaṭṭa, composed a book named Vaidya-darpana on medicine in Samvat 1877-1820 A.D. He is different from the famous Praṇanatha of Panna, the founder of Dhami sect.
No. 136. PRATAPA SIMHA Rājā wrote a book named Śri Radha Govinda Sangita-sara, a book on music. There is nothing in the manuscript to show his time or country. From the manner in which he is referred to in the commencement राधा गोविंद संगोत सारायं ग्रंथ नायकः । श्रीमत्प्रतापसिंहेन कृता मानव तुष्टये ॥
and वक्रतुंड विघ्न ेश गुरु गणनायक गणनाथ ।
श्री प्रताप नृप को करे। सदा प्रसन्न सनाथ ॥
it appears that the author was different from the Rājā, in whose name the book was prepared. The Doha quoted above looks like a benedictive verse respectfully pronounced by some body other than the Raja himself. Be that as it may, there is no material to identify him with the two other Rājās of the same name, one of whom belonged to Jayapur and the other to Darbhanga. Both flourished about 1778 A.D. The Jayapur Raja owned the nom-de-guerre of Brajanidhi, while the Darbhangā Rājā possessed that of Moda Nārāyaṇa, none of which is found in the work under notice. The diction also differs from that of his two namesakes referred to above. Apparently the musical Pratapa Simha is a third royal author distinct from the other two.
