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About The Book: Prem Sagar or Prem Sagur ("Ocean of Love") was one of the first modern Hindi books. its story is based on the tenth book of the Bhagavata Purana, the legend of Krishna. Lallo Lal mention that book has been composed in the "Khadi Boli of Delhi-Agra". Such being the esteem in which Sri Krishna is held, it is clear that no book could be better suited to the missionary, the teacher, and others who are called upon to mix among the people, in order to learn the great vernacular of India, than the Prema- Sagara of Lallii Lai. This, in fact, has been the chief use to which the book has been put by Europeans, and it must long continue to fulfil that office. About The Author: Lallu Lal (1763–1835) was an academic, author and translator from British India. He was an instructor in the Hindustani language at Fort William College in Hastings, Calcutta. He is notable for Prem Sagar, the first work in modern literary Hindi. Lallu Lal was born into a Gujarati Sahsra Audichya Brahmin family from Agra. He had knowledge of Persian and Hindustani. He came to Murshidabad, Bengal, to earn a living, and served the Nawab of Murshidabad for seven years. Lallu Lal's most notable translation is Prem Sagar (1804–1810), the earliest prose in Khari Boli dialect of Hindi. Along with Kazim Ali Javan, he translated Singhasan Battisi and Shakuntala into Hindustani. Along with Mazhar Ali Vila, he also translated Baital Pachisi and Madhunal (1805) into Hindustani. Lallu Lal's original work included The Grammar of Brij-bhasa (1811), in Urdu script. He also authored Lala Chandrika, a commentary on Bihari's Satasai. In addition, he compiled Lataif-i-Hindi or The New Cyclopedia Hindoostanica of Wit (1810) in Urdu and Devanagari scripts. It is a collection of around 100 witty stories and anecdotes.