Arnos Paathiri, also known as "Johann Ernst Hanxleden" (
1681–
1732), a German Jesuit priest, missionary in India and a
Malayalam/
Sanskrit poet, grammarian, lexicographer, and philologist
Premanand (poet) (
1640–
1700) nonreligious
Indian poet who wrote originally in
Hindi, but when reprimanded by his guru, switched to
Gujarati, which he vowed to develop into a language of fine literary expression[4]
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