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- Hindī kavi-sammelana aura mañcīya-kaviyoṃ kā sāhityika yogadāna], (Hindi poetry) by Viśeshalakshmī, Pragati Prakāśana,(1985), p. 368
- ↑ by Deshraj Singh Yadav, Mahakavi Sankara-smrti-grantha, Mahakavi Sankara Smriti Prakashan Samiti, (1986), p. 406