ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>RATAN D&#256M</TITLE> <style type="text/css"> .BODY { background-color: #EAF1F7; background-image: url('images/gtbh.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; background-position: center; color: #0066CC;} .C1{text-align: justify;color: #0066CC;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .BIB{text-align: center;color: #000099;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .CONT{text-align: right;color: #FF0000;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} </style><META http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></HEAD> <BODY class="BODY" oncontextmenu="return false" ondragstart="return false" onselectstart="return false"> <FONT ALIGN="JUSTIFY" FACE="Tahoma"> <p class="C1">&#65279<i>RATAN D&#256M</i> by &#7788ahka&#7751, a translation and adaptation into Braj of Ach&#257rya Amar Si&#7749gh's <i>Amar Kosh</i>, the famous Sanskrit lexicon. &#7788ahka&#7751 was one of the several poets who kept Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh (1666-1708) company. In preparing <i>Ratan D&#257m</i>, the poet consulted works other than <i>Amar Kosh</i> as well. The manuscript which has so far remained unpublished comprises twenty eight chapters. The only extant copy (No. 2421) is preserved in the Central State Library, Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257. It consists of 268 folios and is inscribed in Gurmukh&#299 characters in the hand of one Pañj&#257b Si&#7749gh. The copy was completed in H&#257&#7771 1914 Bk/June-July 1857. The work begins with an explanation of the title (<i>ratan</i> = diamond; <i>d&#257m</i> = string, a necklace) and contains more than 1,400 entries on a wide variety of themes including day, night, year, conscience, history, eras, <i>&#347astras</i>, four <i>var&#7751as</i>, medicines and vegetation. Several entries from the original work have been dropped and several new titles introduced. There are also entries such as the one on <i>n&#257ik</i> (hero) and <i>n&#257ik&#257</i> (heroine) (548-68) which transcend the strict lexicographical framework and go into many historical details.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Padam, P&#299ar&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh j&#299 de Darb&#257r&#299 Ratan</i>. Patiala, 1976<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Pi&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh Padam<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>