History of Bengali Language and Literature c7.s3.5

c7.s3.5

1. The Leading characteristics of the Renaissance. Faith in God and in the Brāhmin.
2. Vernacular recensions of Sanskrit works. General remarks.
(a) The Rāmāyaṇa.
(b) The Mahābhārata.
(c) The Bhāgabata.
(d) The Chandi of Mārkandeya.
3. The conception of Çiva in the Renaissance and songs in honour of him.
4. The Çakti-cult and its development in Bengal. Poems in honour of
(a) Manasā Devi.
(b) Chandi Devi.
(c) Gaṅgā Devi.
(d) Çitalā Devi.
(e) Lakṣmi Devi, Saraswati Devi and Ṣaṣthi Devi.
5. Dharma Mangal poems recast by the Brāhmins.
6. Poems in honour of Dakṣina Rāi (God of tigers). Some remarks about the poems.