Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c10.s3.t15.3

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was composed by Sūrdās, a blind poet who lived between 15ᵗʰ and 16ᵗʰ centuries. The accurate time of '*Sūrsāgar*’s' composition remains uncertain. The earliest manuscript is acknowledged to be edited in 1573. Based on the Sanskrit sacred text *Bhāgavata Purāṇa*, the collection depicts stories of Krishna, one of the avatars of the god Vishnu. According to different editions, the length of the collection varies from hundreds to thousands of poems.