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<p class="C1">&#65279GIRDHAR L&#256L or Girdh&#257r&#299 L&#257I, a poet in Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh's retinue at P&#257o&#7751&#7789&#257, was the author of <i>Pi&#7749gal S&#257r</i>, a treatise in verse on Hindi prosody. According to its autobiographical stanzas 7-16, Girdhar L&#257l was the son of Gaj Mall, a Khatr&#299 of Ga&#7693iyal clan. The family came originally from Mult&#257n but after a stay at Sa&#7693haur&#257, now in Yamun&#257nagar district of Hary&#257&#7751&#257, had settled at Lahore. From there Dv&#257rk&#257 D&#257s, great-great-grandfather of Girdhar L&#257I, had shifted to &#256gr&#257 at the instance of Muzaffar <u>Kh</u>&#257n, an Af<u>gh</u>&#257n noble. Girdhar L&#257l received education in Braj literature and prosody at the hands of a Br&#257hma&#7751 scholar, Hriday R&#257m. He had commenced writing <i>Pi&#7749gal S&#257r</i> at &#256gr&#257, but completed it at P&#257o&#7751&#7789&#257 in Magghar 1745 Bk/November 1688. The manuscript is preserved in the Languages Department Library at Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257 (MS. No. 129).</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Sen&#257pati, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Sobh&#257</i>. Patiala, 1967<BR>
<li class="C1"> Padam, Pi&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh J&#299 de Darb&#257r&#299 Ratan</i>. Patiala, 1976<BR>
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