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The Calcutta Review May 1951

1951

It was during the rule of the Pala dynasty that the Bengali language was formed out of Pr5krit and Apahliralhz ia in the 8th century A. D. and the Bengali literature gradually evolved the earliest specimens of which may be seen in the Charyyapadas and the Dohas. [...] In the early literature the Haris and the Dorcas and in the mediaeval literature the GandhBaniks (of the merchant-caste) hold very important positions as testified in the literature of the above two yeriods. [...] including the worship of the Asta-N4gas the connection of the Dravidians and Austrics with serpent worship the " Raydni " or " Nihati " songs of Backergunge district covering the whole month of Srävan (like other parts of Bengal) the different percentage of Manes& Devi according to the Mahfibhärata and Bengali legends connections of the goddess with the. god Siva the Pauränik touch of the Man [...] In the Near East and Mediterranean countries the Egyptians the Cretans the Hittites the Mitannis and the Sumerians were all worshippers of the mother-goddess. [...] Among the four groups or types of"80 THE CALCUTTA REVIEW MAY literature of this period known as the Indigenous literature (the Mailgal-Havyas and the Sivayanas) the Translation works (from the Sanskrit Ramayai7a Mahabharata and the Bhagavata principally) the Vaisnava literature and the literature of the masses (the Kavsongs yatras etc.) the Vaisnava literature formed perhaps the most
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Pages
73
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120137
Segment Pages Author Actions
Some Aspects of Mediaeval Bengali Literature
69-82 Tamonash Dasgupta view
Problems of Rural Reconstruction
83-96 Sukumar Chatterjee view
Ibn Khaldun on Poetry
97-102 Bernard Fisher, Cedric Dover view
The Psycho-Analysis of a Poet’s Mind
103-108 D.N. Sharma view
The Bihar Population Census of 1951
109-122 S.R. Bose view
Round the World
123-128 unknown view
Reviews and Notices of Books
129-131 unknown view
Ourselvs
132-135 unknown view
Official Notifications University of Calcutta
136-141 unknown view

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