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 IV.] BENGALI LANGUAGE & LITERATURE. 365 music of her waters—a divine message and revelation. In the Gita we have it in the mouth of Krisna—‘‘ Amongst mountains, Iam the Himalayas, and amongst rivers, | am the Ganges.”’ (1) We have dwelt upon a poem on Mangala madnhava- ~ Chandi by Madhavacharyya written in 1679. This Sharyya. poet wrote a poem also in honour of Ganga Devi. It contains 5000 lines. (2) Ganga Mangal by Dwija Kamalakanta. The পাট poet was a native of Kogram in Burdwan. (3) Ganga Mangal by Jayram Das, a Vaidya. Jayram নু ; : : Das. He was a native of Guptipadain Hughly. His work aa was written early in the eighteenth century. (4) The most popular work on Gangadevi is —_ Dwiija Durga the one written by Dwija Durgaprasad—a native of 7৪58৫. Ula in Nadia. He wrote his poem about 1778 A.D. He refers to a dream dreamt by his wife in which Ganga Devi had appeared before her, and given an order to her husband requiring him to write a poem to her glory. This poem shows considerable power. Besides all these, there were numerous short Short hymns. hymns to Ganga Devi by Kavi Chandra, Ayodhya- ram, Kavikankaya, Nidhiram and other poets. (d) Gitala Mangala—or poems in honour of Citala Devi. itala Devi or the goddess presidi 7 € : 5 P Eng er Hariti, and small-pox and other diseases of the same class,— Citala Devi. riding on an ass, is considered by some scholars to be identical with the Buddhistic goddess H@griti Devi. The priests who worship _ her,