VI.] BENGALI LANGUAGE & LITERATURE. 821 Jaya Narayana’s Hari Lila shows what the discus- sions of the Pundits were like. The poet describes a meeting on a festal occasion.
- “ The learned Brahmins received letters of in-
vitation and hastened to attend the meeting. “They were present there with the sole object of furthering the cause of their religious doctrines and were not prepared to accept any gifts. ‘Their faces beamed with intelligence, and dressed in white garments, they seated themselves on scarlet-coloured Bhutan seats. ‘They wore the sacred Ganges’ mud on their foreheads ; and white sacred threads adorned their breasts. “As soon as they took their seats they com- menced an animated discussion. ‘The Logicians stepped forward to discuss the question of conclusions from given premises, and the evidence of the senses, pointing out the connec- tion between proof and the thing proven.
- " ব্রাহ্মণ পগ্ডিতগনে, পাইয়৷ পত্র নিমন্ত্রণ,
উপনীত সভা আরোহণে। কেবল অধিষ্ঠান মাত্র, দ্াননিতে নহে পাব্র, ধন্ম সংস্থাপন কারণে ॥ তেজসপুঞ্জ স্থুকিরণ, শুরুবর্ণ সুবসন, ভালেতে গঙ্গামৃত্তিকা ফোটা । গুরু যক্ঞোপবীতে, রক্ত ভোট আসনেতে, বসিতেহি বিচাবের ঘটা ॥ অনুমান প্রত্যক্ষেতে, পরস্পর সন্বন্ধেতে, তার্কিক ঘটায় নানা তর্ক। The description ofa meeting
