History of Bengali Language and Literature c7.s2.11

c7.s2.11

are conflicting opinions about these dates. But recently there has come to light another document which refers to a date in regard to Vidyāpati and which we believe to be of unquestionable authenticity. The MS. of an annotated copy of Kāvya Prakāça in Sanskrit lately recovered, shows that it was copied by one Deva Çarmā by the orders of the poet Vidyāpati in November 1398 A.D. The MS. of Bhāgavata in Vidyāpati's own handwriting is also preserved; but the date of the copy given on the last page, has not yet been deciphered. The two pundits, deputed by the Asiatic Society of Bengal for the purpose, disagree in their readings.