History of Bengali Language and Literature c2.36

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c2.36

(a) Poems in honour of Manasa Devī—The personal element in the deities of the Çākta cult, contrasted with the impersonal character of Çiva. —The Bhāsān Yātrā, 252-257.—The story of Manasa-mangala—The defiant attitude of Chānd Sadāgara—The superhuman devotion of Behulā, the heroine and bride of Lakṣmindra.—The ultimate submission of Chānd the merchant to Manaṣā Devi, 257-276. Sixty works on Manasa Devī—their importance.—Hari Datta and Vijaya Gupta, 276-284—Nārāyaṇa Deva—Extracts from his poems.—Extracts from Ketakā Dās Kṣemānanda’s Manasā Maṅgalā, 284-292—A list of the writers of Manasā-maṅgala, 292-294.

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