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( 61 ) III. SĀKTA AND MANGALA LITERATURE
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BHARATACANDRA G.5667. 97897907-191307
Annadāmangala–Vidyāsundara. Substance, country-made paper, 15 x 3] inches. Folia, 95. Lines, 6 on a page. Character, Bengali. Date, B.S. 1194 (C. 1791. A.D.). Appearance, old. Few pages, worn out. Complete. End :
ইতি বিদ্যাসুন্দর সমাপ্তং।
তিথি দসমি বার গুরু নক্ষত্র আদ্রা
রাস মৈথুন। পঞ্চঘটি বেলা হইয়াছিল মাচার উপর সমাধান করিল। লিখতং শ্রীরাম সরন। ঝা। সাকীম রাঙ্গি চোলা। ইতি সন ১১৯৪ নৰ্বে সালে। তারিখ ১১ শ্রাবন ইতি।
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RĀMASANKARA DEVA A.43. Ootas Abhayāmangala. Substance, country-made paper, 12 x 8} inches. Pages, 191. Lines, 25 on a page. Character, Bengali of the 19th century. Book form. Appearance, fresh. Complete.
A MS. of Fort William College Collection.
The following have been dealt with in the book :-The creation of the world, birth of Brahmā, Visņu and Siva, practising of austerities by Brahmā, Visņu and Siva, glorification of the god Siva, birth of Gauri in the Himalayas, practising austerities by Siva, killing of the Asuras, Dhūmralocana, Sumbha, Nisumbha and others, glorification of Utkala, killing of Mahişāsura and glorification of the goddess Abhayā. This is unpublished. • The author was the disciple of Rāmananda Yati, the author of the Rāmāyana and Candimangala. Rāmakrsna was the name of his father and Harihadana his grandfather's name. He was the inhabitant of the Village Dharmadā in the District of Hughli. See Dr. Sen's History of Bengali Literature (in Bengali), Vol. I, p. 701.
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