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<p class="C1">&#65279LAKKHAN R&#256I, son of B&#299k Chand, a Ch&#257&#7749gr&#257 R&#257jp&#363t of &#362n&#257, now a district town of Him&#257chal Pradesh, embraced Sikhism during the time of Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur (1621-75), and was later counted, along with his brother Bhoj R&#257j, among the poets and scholars patronized by Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh. The only work of Lakkhan R&#257i that has come down to us is a translation in Hindi verse of the Sanskrit classic, <i>Hitopade&#347a</i>, completed in 1737 Bk/AD 1680. This is the earliest extant work by any of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh's poets and scholars.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol 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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