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 IV.] BENGALI LANGUAGE & LITERATURE. 391 Eastern Bengal. The words করিষু, খাইমু, করিবাম, খাম, featy, etc., occur in Chaitanya-Bhagavata and in the Manasa Mangalas written three to four hundred years ago by authors who were born in Birbhum and contiguous districts. And curiously enough the people of these districts now ridicule the people of Eastern Bengal forcontinuing to use the same words. Instances of @catfA, করেস্ত, বোলেন্ত, etc., abound in the early literature of Eastern Bengal and that of the west also is not wholly free from such uses. In Qrikrisna Vijaya by Maladhara Vasu, Daker Vachana and other works of West Bengal, many examples of f#afe, aife, খায়োমি, পূজসি, etc., are found. In Eastern Bengal we find the termination ‘g’ affixed to a number of words after the manner of Prakrita, such as মাও for মা, পাও 101 পা, ঘাও (01 ঘা, নাও 107 না, রাও 101 বাঁ, গাও 101 গাঁ, ছাও 10 ছা, wie 10 দা, ভাও 10০0: ভাব, বাও 10 বা, তাও 10 তা. Occcasionally they are met with in the earlier literature of Western Bengal also, as in Daker- ৮৪০12) “রূপার দোলায় ফেলাম পাও.'? The men and women in the Buddhistic age had curious names, not at all pleasing to the ears, such 2১ অছ্ুনা, পছ্ুনা, নেঙ্গা, খেতুরি, ময়নামতী, হিঙ্গ, gfe, ছুই, রুই, কুই, আই, লহনা, খুল্পনা, সায় নেড়া, সমাই, মাহুদ্যা, লোহাটা, &c. But with the advent of the Sanskri- tic age, choice classical names began to be preferred. In Vijay Gupta’s Padmapurana along with names which remind us of the Buddhistic period, Sanskrit names are found in large numbers ; such for instance, as Bb&AS lustre of the [709017) অনুপমা the ঢ০০11653, চন্ত্ররেখ! 170090-7১62], মালতি 12.5701০, শশী 6০ 10901, স্থবর্ণ রেখা 5০91-17105, রঙ্থিণী 07০ playful, সরলা ঢ:০ 9100017607০, রূপমঞ্জুরী beautiful bud, মদনমঞ্জরী 4 Queer names of the Pra- krita age. Choice Sanskritic names.