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 VI.] BENGALI LANGUAGE & LITERATURE. 775 _ terise the Ragas and Raginies. The power of the _ Bhatial to strike the tender cords of the human soul, was found out by the Vaisnavas who refined and enriched it with modulations and made from it that soul-captivating air—the Manohara Sai. The writers of religious songs adopted it with peculiar modifications to form the Baul sura which produces emotions peculiar to an ascetic mood,