Obscure Religious Cults as Background of Bengali Literature c8.52
Obscure Religious Cults as Background of Bengali Literature c8.52
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c8.52
³ There is a beautiful pun on the word *sona* and *rūpā* here. *Sona* may be derived from the Sanskrit word *svarṇa* or *suvarṇa* (gold) or from the word *śūnya* (cf. *sona*, verse 49), and *śūnya* may here be very happily compared to gold. Again *rūpā* may be derived from the Sanskrit word *raupya* (silver) and it may also be associated with the word *rūpa* (form) and silver may also be compared to the illusory form when gold is compared to the void.