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A History of Bengali Literature

1926

guage — 1 2. Bengali Poetry A. The Buddhist Era (800 A. D.-1200 A D ) 3 B. The Vaishnava Era 1from the 14th up to the 17th century) 6 C. Works of Translation between the 15th and the 17th century 33 D. The Age of Kabikankan (from the ;7th up to the middle of the 18th century) E. The Age of the Krishnachandra (from the middle of the 18th to the middle of the 19th century)... [...] He flourished in all probability between the end of the 13th and the middle of the 14th century and was the court-poet of Siva Sinha Raja of Mithila (Modern Bihar) who made the gift of a village—Birnphi on the river Kamala in the Sitamari Subdivision—to him in reconition of his high poetic powers. [...] Vidyapati and Chandidas once met together on the banks of the Ganges each being captivated by the other's melody.* The burden of Chandidas's songs is the same as that of Vidyapati's—love of the human soul for the Divine under the symbolical relations of Radha and Krishna. [...] D. The Age of Kabikankan (from the 17th to the middle of the 18th century.) Towards the fag end of the Vaishnava period a new note was struck in the realm of Bengali poetry. [...] Below is given a free translation of one of his songs.*—Will such a day ever come when teadrops will trickle down the pupil of the eye as I shall cry 'Tara' 'Tara' ; when the lotus of the heart will burst into blossom the darkness of the mind disappear and I shall roll on the earth crying always on the name of Tara ; when all distinctions and all pangs of the heart will be things of the past;
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Pages
240
Published in
Bangladesh
SARF Document ID
sarf.144925
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-vii K.N. Das view
1. The Origin and Growth of the Bengali Language
1-3 K.N. Das view
2. Bengali Poetry
3-123 K.N. Das view
3. Bengali Prose
124-204 K.N. Das view
4. The Drama
204-226 K.N. Das view
5. Conclusion
226-229 K.N. Das view
Errata
i-i K.N. Das view

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