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 94 A HISTORY OF HINDI LITERATURE poets. It is a very voluminous work and was compiled by a Brahman named Krishnmiand Vyas Dev, and completed in 1843. The Ras Chajidroday, which is a collection of poems by two hundred and forty-two poets, was compiled in 1863 by Thakur Prasad Tripathl. The Dig-Vijai Bhushan was compiled in the year 1869 by a Kayasth, of Balirampur in the district of Gonda, named Gokul Prasad. It contains selections from the works of a hundred and ninety-two poets. The Siv Si7igh Saroj was compiled from former anthologies by Siv Siyigh Sen gar. The second edition of this very valuable work was published in 1883. Gokul Nath.— A famous work belonging to this period was the translation of the Mahabharata into Hindi verse. This was begun by Gokul Nath (fl. 1820), of Benares, being undertaken at the instance of Raja Udit Narayan, of Benares. Gokul Nath was the author of other works, including the Govind Sukhad Bihar and the Chet Cha^id- rikd, in the latter of which he has described the family history of Raja Chet Singh, of Benares, who was his patron. His greatest achievement, however, was the translations of the Mahabharata. In this work he was assisted by his son Gopi Nath and his pupil Mani Dev. The Patronage o! Courts.— The modern influence on Hindi literature did not spread all at once, and in many places the old state of affairs still continued for some time. The work of the printing-press did not penetrate into all regions immediately, and poets still looked to the rulers of states to help them by their patronage. At the courts of Panna and Charkhari in Bundelkhand, of Rewah in Baghelkhand, of Nagpur, Benares, Ayodhya, and other principalities, poets and bards were still welcomed and encouraged, and several rulers were themselves poets. Maharaja Man Singh of Jodhpur (fl. 1810) was the author of various works chiefly in Rajasthani. Chajidra Sekhar Bajpeyl (1798-1875), who was at the courts of Darbhanga, Jodhpur and Patiala, excelled in the erotic and heroic styles and was the author of the Hammir Hath and other works. Maharaja