History of Bengali Language and Literature c10.96

c10.96

Sundara, son of Rājā Guna Sindhu of Kāñchi (Kanjivaram) hears a report of the remarkable beauty of the Princess Vidyā, daughter of Rājā Vira Siṃha of Burdwan. Vidyā was not only a peerless beauty, but her scholarship was so great that she had sent a challenge aīl over India offering her hand to the person who would defeat her in scholarship. The challenge was accepted by many distinguished princes who flocked to the Burdwan palace, but they were all defeated by the princess whose scholarly discourses in various branches of learning completely out-witted them.