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<p class="C1">&#65279CHANDRA SAIN SAIN&#256PATI, commonly referred to as Sain&#257pati and counted among the "fifty-two poets" of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh (1666-1708), was the son of B&#257l Chand, an educated M&#257n Ja&#7789&#7789 of Lahore. His original name was Chandra Sain, Sain&#257pati being the pseudonym he had taken. Chandra Sain, taught by one Dev&#299 D&#257s, joined the group of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh's poets, and rendered into Hindi verse <i>Ch&#257&#7751akya N&#299t&#299</i>, the well-known Sanskrit treatise on statecraft and diplomacy. His <i>Sr&#299 Gur Sobh&#257</i>, a versified life-sketch of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh describing his major battles, the creation of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257, and events following the evacuation of Anandpur, is a work of much historical value. It was completed in 1711. The poet also lived for some time at Waz&#299r&#257b&#257d, in the present Gujr&#257&#7749w&#257l&#257 district of Pakistan, where he translated into Bh&#257kh&#257 verse a Sanskrit work on medicine, <i>R&#257m Binod</i>, earlier translated by a Hindi poet, R&#257m Chandra, in 1663 in mixed prose and verse. Sain&#257pati entitled his translation, made at the instance of his friend, Jagat R&#257i, a Br&#257hma&#7751 <i>vaid</i> or physician of Waz&#299r&#257b&#257d, <i>Sukh Sain Granth</i>. Besides these three works, a fragment containing two <i>ka&#7771akh&#257s</i>, a prosodic form, describing the battles of Bha&#7749g&#257&#7751i and Fatehga&#7771h Fort (Anandpur), respectively, also survives.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Gand&#257 Si&#7749gh, ed. , <i>Sr&#299 Gur Sobh&#257</i>. Patiala, 1980<BR>
<li class="C1"> Santokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>. Amritsar, 1926-37<BR>
<li class="C1"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u> Gur&#363 <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257</i>. Patiala, 1970<BR>
<li class="C1"> Padam, Pi&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Darb&#257r&#299 Ratan</i>. Patiala, 1976<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Pi&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh Padam<br></p><BR>
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