384 BENGALI LITERATURE Chakravarti,! Thakurdas Datta,? and later on Gadadhar Mukhopadhyay ® and even [svar Gupta? obtained consider- able reputation as Kabiwalas or composers of kabi-songs but we also hear of a host of others—Nilmani Patani,® Bhola Mayara,® Chinta Mayara, Jagannath Banik, Uddhaba das, Laksmikanta or Laksminarayan Jogi (Loke Jugi), Goraksa Nath,“ Guro Dumbo,® Bhimdas Malakar,
' Born in 1209 B.S. (1802 A, D.) in the district of Nadiya. He never formed his own party but composed chiefly for Antony, Bhola, Balarém Baisnab, Nilmani Patani and Ramsundar Svarnakar. For details: see Nabyabharat 1312, pp. 641-48. Some of his songs are given in Prachin Kabisamgraha, at pp. 23, 32, 37, 52, 73,91 and in Gupta- ratnoddhar, pp. 261-261.
- Born in 1207 (1800 A. D.) at Byatra, Howrah. See Nabyabharat,
pp. 648-44 ; Bangabhasar Lekhak, pp. 325-327,
- > Composed for the party ef Ramlochan Basak of Joransanko, who
was the rival of Mohan Chand Basu. Also composed for Bhola, Nilu Thakur and Nilu Patani. See his songs quoted in Prachin Kabisamgraha at pp. 21, 27, 36, 50, 64, 72, 89, 94, 115, 118, 121, 128, 130 etc.; also in Gupta-ratnoddhar, pp. 218-247.
- His Kabi-songs are quoted in Gupta-ratnoddhar, pp. 247-261 ; alsoa
few in Prachin Kabisamgraha, ®* Ram Basn, Gadadhar Mukhopadhyay and various other poets composed for him. See Prachin Kabisatigraha, pp. 27, 28, 64, ete. Some of his own songs are given in Gupta-ratnoddhar, pp. 208-9. ° Was a sweetmeat-vendor at Bagbazar. He was a disciple of Haru Thakur’s. See for details Bharati, 1304, pp. 59-66. Nabyabharat, 1314, pp. 67-73. Banger Kabita, loc. cit. Some of the songs sung in his party are given in Prachin Kabisamgraha at pp. 21, 37, 50, 67 ete. Jagannath Banik was his great rival. ? Goraksanath was a “composer” of Antony’s party but subse- quently quarrelled with him and formed his own party (see Nabyabharat, 1312, pp. 194-198 ; ibid 1313, pp. 577-78). Ramananda Nandi was one of his rivals. Goraksanath’s sons are given in (Gupta-ratnoddhar, pp. 294- 296 ; and in Prachin Kabisamgaha, pp. 48, 70, 110 ete.
- Prachin Kabisamgraha, p. 66.
