N. of a celebrated modern author. His most celebrated work is the rasagaṃgādhara a trea- tise on Rhetoric or Poetics; his other works are bhāminīvilāsa, the five laharis (gaṃgā, payūṣa, sudhā, amṛta, karuṇā), and a few minor works. He is supposed to have flourished during the time of the Emperor Shah Jahan of Delhi. He must have also seen the latter end of Jehangir's reign, and the temporary accession of Dārā to the...