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150 temporary with the foregoing poet. Sridhara Swami became a Sanyasi in his fortieth year, and resigned all secular concerns. He composed a commentary on the Bhagavat Gita in verse. He expired in the fiftieth year of his age, at Poitan.

 CHOKA MELA. This poet was a Maharatta outcast and an inhabitant of the Pandrapore country. He was contemporary with Sivaji, and became a votary of the Pandrapore God. He composed many abhangas, containing the praise of the God, and died at Pandrapore.

 GORA CUMBHAR. This poet was an inhabitant of Samantvadi, a village in the district of Tulajapore, and was a common gardener by profession. It is said, that by intense devotion to the goddess, he obtained the gift of wisdom, and became a votary of the Pandrapore god. He composed many Maharatta verses, elucidating and praising the miracles of the diety. He died at the early age of fif- 