History of Bengali Language and Literature c6.s2.3

c6.s2.3

He mystically discourses on সংখ,* which however, is as remote from সঙ্ঘ, as is the popular conception of Dharma-thakur, from that of the historical Buddha. There are passages which distinctly prove the Buddhistic origin of the poems. In the Çunya Purāṇa, which lays down rules for Dharma worship, there is a line,—“ধর্মরাজ যজ্ঞ নিন্দা করে”—(Dharma Rāj condemns sacrifices). This sounds like a translation of the well-known line in honour of Buddha by the poet Jaydeva—“নিন্দসি যজ্ঞ বিধিরহ শ্রুতি জাতং”