[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [Obscure Religious Cults as Background of Bengali Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1946) › c19.22 # Obscure Religious Cults as Background of Bengali Literature c19.22 Obscure Religious Cults as Background of Bengali Literature c19.22 - **Language:** English ### [c19.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1946.c19.22) ¹ \*Vide\*, Śūnya-purāṇa, pp. 100, 219. The triangular land (\*tekaṇā medinī\*) of Dharma referred to in the Śūnya-purāṇa seems to be Ceylon; but we should notice in this connection that in the Dharma-maṅgala of Dvija-rām-candra we find Siṃhala to be a village situated somewhere in West Bengal. Cf. \*bālighāṭ surānadi dekhe bāma-bhite\* | \*rākhila siṃhal grām dekhite dekhite\* || MS. C. U. No. 2464, p. 6 (A). But nowhere in the Dharma-maṅgalas do we find any tradition of this Siṃhala's being the original place (\*ādya sthāna\*) of Dharma. - [Previous: c19.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1946.c19.21) - [Next: c19.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1946.c19.23) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1946.c19) ## Cites (2) - [Dharma-maṅgal (Māṇik Rām Gāṅgulī)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.bengali.mangalkavya.dharmamangal) — Māṇik Rām Gāṅgulī 1615, Bengali - [Śūnyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.bengali.mangalkavya.sunyapurana) — Rāmāi Paṇḍit, Bengali --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1946.c19.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1946.c19.22) · Pramāṇa