Articles on Medieval Bengali Literature
Parasuramer Krsnamangala – Review
By Nalinaksha Dutt · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1957
This review discusses Nalini Nath Das Gupta’s edition of Parasurama’s Bengali mangala-kavya ‘Krsnamangala’. The reviewer notes that Krsna legends evoke strong emotions and are widely popular; medieval Bengal produced many mangala-kavyas celebrating deities,…
Rudra-Siva—as an Agricultural Deity
By Nanimadhab Chaudhuri · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1939
This essay examines an unusual portrayal of Rudra-Siva in medieval Bengali literature as a humble agricultural deity. In certain poems and songs, the great god is depicted ploughing his fields, sowing seeds, weeding, cutting grass, binding it into sheaves and…
The Date of Manik Ganguli's Dharma Mangal
By Muhammad Shahidullah · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1925
Manik Ganguli’s *Mangal*, a significant text on Dharma legends in Bengal, is attributed to Minik Ram Ganguli. While Dr. Dines Chandra Sen dates it to 1547 CE, the text itself provides a composition date through a Saka-era calculation. The original first line,…