(२७७) V [ Extract from :--THE MODERN VERNACULAR LITERATURE OF HINDUSTAN By George A. Grierson, B. A., B. C. S. (Printed as a special number of the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Part I, for 1888.) Chcpter VI. Tulsi Das. Pages 43-44.] Tulsi Das was a SARBARIYA Brahman. He was born early in the sixteenth century and died at a good old age in 1624 A. D. As the old rhyme says: Sambata soraha sai asi, Asi Ganga ke tira, Sawana sukala sattami, Tulasi tajeu sarira: on the seventh of the light half of Cravana, Tulsi left his body at asi, on the bank of the Ganges. According to the 'BHAKT SINDHU' and the "BRIHAD RAMAYAN MAHATMYA' his father's name was ATMA RAM, his mother's name was Hulasi, and he was born at HASTI- NAPUR, but according to other authorities he was born at Hajipur, near CHITRAKUT. The usual tradition is, however, that RAJAPUR, in the district of BANDA, on the banks of the JAMUNA, has the honour of being his birth.
