Vidyadhar

The 10th Guru, Guru Gobind Singh kept 52 Bards permantly in his employ and others occasionaly visited him. They wrote on all the nine subjects which in the opinion of Orientals are suitable for poetry (Love, Mirth, Pity, Anger, Heroism, Terror, Hate, Wonder and Contentment); but the composition of eulogies on the Guru occupied most of their attention. The Guru once had the curiosity to weigh their compositions. They amounted to about two and a half hundred weight. The Guru included them in a compilation which he called Vidyadhar. He so valued the book that he ever kept it with him - even when he went into battle - but it was lost in one of his engagements. Some of the bards' compositions are preserved in the Suraj Parkash.

References

• Macauliffe, M.A (1909). The Sikh Religion: Its Gurus Sacred Writings and Authors. Low Price Publications. ISBN 8175361328.

Names of 50 poets ( out of 52) of Guru Gobind Singh jee’s Darbaar.

1. Uday Rai 2. Ratee Rai 3. Amrat Rai 4. Attu 5. Asa Singh 6. Balam 7. Iswar Das 8. Sukh Dev 9. Sukha Singh 10. Sukhia 11. Sudama 12. Senapati 13. Shyam 14. Haer 15. Hussain Ali 16. Hans Rao 17. Kallu 18. Kubresh 19. Khan Chand 20. Gania 21. Gurdas 22. Gopal 23. Chandan 24. Chanda 25. Jamaal 26. Dahkan 27. Dharam Singh 28. Dhanna Singh 29. Dhyan Singh 30. Nanu 31. Nihchal Das 32. Nihal Chand 33. Nand Singh 34. Nand Lal 35. Bullo 36. Bhudhi Chand 37. Buland 38. Brikh 39. Braj Lal 40. Mathura 41. Madan Singh 42. Madan Gir 43. Mullo 44. Maan Das 45. Mulla Singh 46. Mangal 47. Ram 48. Raval 49. Roshan Singh 50. Makhan

References

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