Obscure Religious Cults as Background of Bengali Literature c8.80

c8.80

¹ Dr. Shahidullah, however is disposed to explain madesi re ṭhākura as ‘don’t give the lord anything’ (mā = don’t, desi = give) ; (Cf. his pamphlet, Dacca Sāhitya-Pariṣad-granthāvali, No. 10) but mādesi may also be explained with reference to the Prakrita form madesi (< √mṛ) and the latter derivation gives a more suitable meaning. Dr. Shahidullah in his Les Chants Mystiques de Kānha et de Saraha (p. 113) takes the reading as—phiṭau duāra dekhi re ṭhākura (La porte est ouverte. Oh ! J’ai vu le seigneur Ibid., p. 119) Dr. P. C. Bagchi takes the reading as—phiṭau duā maresire ṭhākura. (Materials for, etc , Dr. Bagchi, p. 119). ² pahilem toḍiā baḍiā māriu | gaavarem tolia pāñcajanā ghāliu || Song No. 12. ³ vaḍiketi sandhyā-bhāṣayā ṣaṣṭhy-uttara-śata-prakṛtayaḥ, etc. Ibid., Com. p. 23 ⁴ gaaṇata gaaṇata tailā bāḍi heñce kurāḍi | kaṇṭhe nairāmaṇi bāli jāgante upāḍi ||