The text credits several famous poets for chronicling the lives of saints. Shri Mahipati Maharaj and Shri Dasganu Maharaj are noted for writing biographies in the Marathi Ovi meter. However, Chapter 0 points out that a truly detailed, poetic, and comprehensive work suitable for Parayans and Saptahs is rarer. It highlights one such exceptional work: the biography of Shri Samarth Sadguru Narsimha Saraswati Maharaj written by Shri Saraswati Gangadhar, which is famously known as the Brihat or Thorale Guru Charitra.
Which authors are credited with writing poetic biographies of Maharashtrian saints, and what is a prime example of a comprehensive work suitable for a 'Saptah'?
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