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<p class="C1">&#65279SAUNDH&#256 SI&#7748GH, famous as Kav&#299 (<i>kavi</i>= poet) Saundh&#257, was born around 1750 at the village of K&#257le, in Amritsar district of the Punjab. He studied Hindi, Re<u>kh</u>t&#257 and Persian, as also music, under Gur Sah&#257i Kundr&#257 of Tha&#7789&#7789i Nagar, near Ch&#363&#7751&#299&#257&#7749, in Lahore district. He launched upon his literary career rather late in life. His output was however substantial and, according to his own testimony, it amounted to five <i>granths</i> and numerous <i>poth&#299s</i>. Among his poetical works are <i>Gur Ustati</i>, also known as <i>Das Gur Kath&#257</i> which contains the lives of the Gur&#363s; <i>Ustati Sr&#299 Amritsar J&#299 K&#299</i>, lauding the glory of Harimandar, the Golden Temple of modern day, which was demolished in 1762 by the Af<u>gh</u>&#257n invader Ahmad Sh&#257h Durr&#257n&#299; <i>Ustati Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh J&#299 K&#299</i> eulogizing the valour of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257; <i>Gurpra&#7751&#257l&#299</i>, a versified calendar relating to events from the lives of the Gur&#363s; <i>Kath&#257 Shah&#257ñch&#299 K&#299</i>, an account written in 1807 of the attack of Shah&#257ñch&#299 <u>Kh</u>&#257n, the Af<u>gh</u>&#257n commander under the Durr&#257n&#299's son, Sh&#257h Zam&#257n, on the Sikhs at R&#257m Nagar (Gujr&#257t) in 1797; <i>B&#257b&#257 Bu&#7693&#7693h&#257 Ba&#7749saval&#299</i>, a geneaological account of B&#257b&#257 Bu&#7693&#7693h&#257's family; and <i>S&#257kh&#299&#257&#7749 Gi&#257n Updesh</i>, a guide for the instruction of Sikh chiefs. Among his other works may be mentioned <i>R&#257m&#257ya&#7751a B&#257r&#257m&#257h&#257</i> and <i>R&#257mg&#299t</i> (incomplete), adaptations in verse of portions of the <i>R&#257m&#257ya&#7751a, Jhag&#7771&#257 Ja&#7789&#7789&#299 te Khatr&#257&#7751&#299</i>, verse in folk style commenting on the habits and attitudes of the different castes. It became so popular that the famous British folklorist Sir Richard Temple obtained the text from a singer, transliterated it into Roman and had an English translation of it published in <i>Panjab Notes and Queries</i>. Most of Saundh&#257 Si&#7749gh's works are still in manuscript form, with considerable textual variations : only three of them (<i>Gurpra&#7751&#257l&#299, Ustati Sr&#299 Amritsar J&#299 K&#299</i> and <i>Jhag&#7771&#257 Ja&#7789&#7789&#299 te Khatr&#257&#7751&#299</i>) are available in print.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Dharam Si&#7749gh, <i>Kav&#299 Saundh&#257 : lk Alochan&#257tamak Adhyan</i>. Amritsar, 1981<BR>
<li class="C1"> Ra&#7751dh&#299r Si&#7749gh, <i>Gurpran&#257l&#299&#257&#7749</i>. Amritsar, 1977<BR>
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