18 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. ll. 12. INTIRODUCTION. Rāmayāņa by Krişņa Dās Râmshankara Dutta 33 33 53 „ Advutächärya 35,, Dwija Bhawāni 33,, Jagatrâma ... Raghunandana „ לל Rāmamohana „ לע 17th century. 1665 A.D. 1742 A.D. About 1750 A.D. 23. 33 1785 A.D. 1738 A.D. In the region of the Mahābhārata-tales Käsidās alone holds the field in the popular estimation. I mentioned thirty one authors Mahābhārata. of the Bengali Mahābhārata in my History of Bengali Language and Literature. I have quoted from the poems of twenty-four authors here of whom the following deserve prominent mention: l i 15. 16. 17. The name ef Bhāgavata. following poems among others on the subject:— l. . Mahābhārata by Sanjaya 33 לל 23.,, Abhirāma Shrīkaraņa Nandi „ לל 23,, Ghanashyāma 33 „ Rajendradās Nityānanda Ghosh, לל Kāsī Dās „ גל 32,, Gangādās Sen Chandana Dās,, גל Shrinâtha,, גל 35,, Sārala 23, Nandarāma ... 33 „ Dwaipayana Dās 53,, Ananta Mishra 32, Krisກູarma - a 22,, Laksmana Bandyopadhyā Bhāgavata by Mālādhara Vasu Mâdhavāchārya 25 33 55 „ Shyāmā Dās 25 „ Narahari Dās ... 22, Abhirma IDs ... 33,, Narasinha Kavīndra Parameshawara 14th century. 15th century. 22 22 16th century. 22 2x 5 * 22 39 22 32 2x 33 23 23 •y 17th centnry 33 2x 1660 A.D. 17th century. 33 22 32 22 ya About 1750 A.D. Malādhara Vasu is generally known in connection with the Bengali version of Bhāgavata in the old literature. I have, however, given extracts in this book from the 1472 A.D. About 1520 A.D. 16th century. xx גל 17th century. 33 25
