Obscure Religious Cults as Background of Bengali Literature c27.2
Obscure Religious Cults as Background of Bengali Literature c27.2
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c27.2
In the Nāth literature of Bengal the most important figures are (1) Mīna-nāth, (2) Gorakh-nāth, (3) Jālandharīpā, (4) Kānupā, (5) Gopī-candra and (6) Mayanāmatī. Various accounts, mostly legendary in nature, are found about these important personalities; let us give a brief sketch of them in the following pages.