INTRODUCTION. 17 Among the poets of Manasi Mangala the names of Nārāyana Deva, Vijaya Gupta and Ketakā Dās Ksemānanda are generally Manasa Mangala. known. Sixty authors, however, have up to now been discovered who wrote such poems. Out of these I have given extracts from the following:— Manasā Mangala by Hari Datta 23. l 2 3., 4. xx 5 23 22 23. xx 2? 10. ** zy 23
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Vijaya Gupta ... Vanshivadana . . . Sashtivara Gangādās Sen ... 12th century. 13th century. 1478 A.D. 1575 A.D. 16th century. 33 23 Ketakādās Kşemānanda 1650 A.D. Jagajivana Rāmavinoda Dwija Rasika zz ** I could not secure a copy of Mayurbhatta's poem which is the earliest Dharma mangala. written in 1713 A. D.; so this book has been popularised. given extracts from the following poems:– 1. Dharma Mangala by Govinda Bandyopādhyāya i 5 *
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33 23 xy 33 Ruprâma Māņik Gānguli Sitaräma. Das Rāmehandra Banerji Rāmnārayaņa Ghanarāmā I have here 15th century. 1547 A.D. 1597 A. D. 17th century. joy yy 1713 A. D. Krittivāsa is admittedly the best and the earliest writer of the Rāmāyana Ramayana. generally forgotten. the Rāmāyana in my History in Bengali. But other poets who adopted the popular story of Rāma and wrote poems on it have been I have mentioned twenty eight Bengali authors of of Bengali language and Literature. Here is a list of works on the subject from which I have given extracts in this book
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