ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>SADH&#362 JAN</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 NAME="keywords" CONTENT="SADHj,JAN"> <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">&#65279SADH&#362 JAN, a Punjabi poet of the seventeenth century who wrote verses on mythical and spiritual themes. His identity is not clearly established. While <i>Gurbil&#257s Chhev&#299&#7749 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299</i> (1718) identifies him as Bh&#257&#299 S&#257dh&#363 who married in 1629 B&#299b&#299 V&#299ro, daughter of Gur&#363 Hargobind, Sar&#363p D&#257s Bhall&#257, <i>Mahim&#257 Prak&#257sh</i>, part II, describes him as a young poet who came to Gur&#363 Arjan with Chhajj&#363 Bhagat, Sh&#257h Hussain and a Bair&#257g&#299 in 1603-04 with the hope of having their compositions included in the scripture being compiled by the Gur&#363. The Gur&#363 addressed him as S&#257dh&#363 Jan and this is how he came to be known. Whatever the case, s&#257dh&#363 Jan was a prolific poet, with a good knowledge of musicology. His verses in chaste Punjabi as well as in Hindi and Sadhuka&#7771&#299 are in several prosodic forms and in over 30 different musical measures. Some of his poems bear titles similar to those of Sikh texts such as <i>Japu, Sukhman&#299, B&#257van Akhar&#299, V&#257r</i> and <i>Salok</i>. Other known titles are <i>S&#257kh&#299&#257&#7749</i> (136) and <i>Jh&#363lane</i> (6). Among his longer works are <i>Mah&#257bh&#257rata, Prahil&#257d Charitra, Dhr&#363 Charitra, Sud&#257m&#257 Charitra, R&#257m&#257ya&#7751a, 2 Saha&#7749sarn&#257m&#257, Gopi Chand</i> and <i>Sol&#257&#7749 Sahel&#299&#257&#7749.</i></p> </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>