History of Bengali Language and Literature c2.57

c2.57

The organisation of the Vaiṣṇava order—‘The friend of the fallen’—Buddhists surrender themselves to Vaiṣṇava masters, 566-567. Chaitanya and his companions villified 567-568.—The title ‘Dās’—Vaiṣṇava influence in the Rāmāyaṇa—in the Çakta and Çaiva literature.—Bengali, a sacred dialect to the Vaiṣṇavas, 568-577. The disputes between the Çāktas and the Vaiṣṇavas—A satire against the latter, 577-579. Manahara Sahi tune—The origin and development of the Kīrtana songs—A list of Kīrtaniyās—Çivu Kīrtaniya, 579-585. The Kathakathas—Set passages committed to memory by them—Examples—A short history of the Kathakathas—Their extraordinary influence, 585-590. The story of Dhara and Drona, 590-596.—The preliminary hymn in Kathakatha, 596.—Mass education—The Bengali Mss. preserved in the house of rustics—The influence of Hindi—case-endings—The metres—The poetic license, 597-602.—A list of obsolete words—The pretenders.—How the Vaiṣṇavas gradually merged in the parent society.—Material prosperity—Cheap living and poverty—The merchants—The Mahotsava ceremony, 602-613.