KABIWALAS 385 Balaram Das [হজ], Ramsundar Svarnakar,? Matt Pasari, Hosain Khain,* Parandés and Udaydas, Kana MaheS,* Mohanchand Basu,®° Ramananda Nandi,® Krsnamohan Bhattacharya,’ Jaynirayan Bandyopadhyay, Rajkisor Bandyopadhyay,* Satu Ray® and Man-mohan Basu.'° It is not possible nor desirable to enumerate all the names ; but the extraordinary fertility and popularity of this poetry will be sufficiently indicated by the list of names already cited. It is, however, like the swarming of flies in the afternoon lethargy and fatigue of a glorious day. There is, no doubt, occasional sprinkling of good verses as well as a general diffusion of the poetic spirit thinned and diluted
- Livedfin Chandannagar. His daughter’s son Krsnadis was a
Kabiwala. Prachin Kabisamgraha gives some songs sung in his party but they are not of his own composition.
- Was a clerk in some office but subsequently became a Kabiwala.
He lived at Hadkata Gully, Calcutta. Several songs sung in his party. will be found in Prachin Kabisamgraha, > Was the founder of Tarja. Moti Pasari was his rival.
- His name was MaheS Chandra Ghos, a Kayastha. He was
born blind; hence the nickname. For details see Nabyabharat, 1313, p. 203-207.
- Was the founder of Hap&ikhdai Kabi. His special creation was the
caleantel Za. See preface to Manmohan Gitabali and Ramnidhi Gupta’s Gitaratna. He was a disciple of Nidhu Babu’s who however was not a Kabiwala. Also see preface to Praéchin Kabisamigraha.
- Was a disciple of Nitdi Bairagi. For details see Nabyabharat,
1313, pp. 575-579. 7 His songs are given in Prachin Kabisamngraha, and in a collected form in Guptaratnoddhar, pp. 281-293.
- The songs of Jayanirfyan and Rajkigor are given in Prachin
Kabisatigraha ; also in Guptaratnoddhar at pp. 264-269.
- For details about his life ete., see Nabyabharat, 1314, pp. 65-67,
Banga Bhagar Lekhak, pp. 379-80. His songs are given in Guptaratnod- dhar at pp. 275- 279.
- ° Was quite a “ modern.” Not a Kabiwala strictly speaking but
composed for Kabi, Hap-akhdai and Pamchali, See Monmohan Gitabali for his songs. 49 ,
