Obscure Religious Cults as Background of Bengali Literature c2.133

c2.133

[Discovery of the narratives on Māṇik-candra and Gopi-candra—the narrative on Gorakh-nāth—the ballads and songs popular among the Yugis and the Muslims—probable reason for the popularity of the ballads and the songs among the Muslims—yogic literature of the Muslims—stray songs of the Nāth yogins—popular ceremonies and folk-song on the Nāth yogins—the question of the time and authorship of the narratives and songs—Sanskrit literature associated with the Nāth cult—Nāth-literature in the vernaculars other than Bengali—Nāth movement an All-India movement inspiring literature in many of the vernaculars—the story of Gorakh-nāth—the story of Gopi-cānd.]