VI.] BENGALI LANGUAGE & LITERATURE. 1779 frequently consulted him while compiling the Raja- mala. It also appears that there existed in frag- mentary condition, earlier works on the same sub- ject from which much help was received. Those to which reference is made in the Rajamala are (7). Rajamalika (an earlier work on the Tippera Rajas), (2). Yogini Malika, (3). The Laksmana Malika (probably a history of Raja Laksmana Sen
of the Sen dynasty of Bengal) and (4). Varunya K4lirnaya. The Rajamala was written in simple metrical verse. We have also seena small treatise, evidently very old, in which the history of the Tippera Rajas, traced from Duryya, son of Yayati of the Lunar race, 1s embodied briefly in verse. 2. Maharastra Purana by Gangarama. This is an historical work in Bengali verse, which gives an account of the Maharatta raids in Bengal led by Bhaskara Pandit in 1741 A. D. These raids, com- monly known in our country as the Vargira han- gama, gave rise to a feeling of general unrest and panic, inspiring the well-known nursery song, sung up to the present day by mothers to lull naughty children to sleep. This couplet which, like all nursery songs, does not convey any clear meaning, runs as follows—
- “ The child is asleep, the whole village is re-
lieved. ২০-২২-২২০২ ২২ সপ - eee
- 'ছেলে ঘুমাল, পাড়। জুড়াল, বর্গা এল দেশে ।
বুলবুলীতে ধান খেল, খাক্তন| দিব কিসে ?” 9১ Maha- rastra Purana.
