Sujon baidar ghat by jasim uddin biography

"A Thousand Year Old Bengali Mystic Poetry" by Hasna Jasimuddin Moudud (daughter of famous poet Jasimuddin), who has done an extensive research on Bengali mystic poems called "Caryagiti" which was written more than thousand years ago. In addition to the translations of these spiritual poems, she also presented the history of the language and the people so exquisitely, they deserve to be appreciated by the conscious people. The following are some parts taken from the book. These poem-songs in old Bengali, designed to be sung with a particular rage, constitute an integral part of the heritage of Bangladesh and the basis of a long established tradition of poetry which has survived to the present day. These verse by Buddhist mystic poets are not only beautifully written and add greatly to Bengali literary traditions but they also constitute an invaluable source for the study of Bengali society and the Buddhist religion between the seventh and twelfth centuries. They are a particularly important discovery, since there are very few historical documents of the period in existence. Although the siddhacaryas, the writers of the Caryagiti dealt primarily with certain deeper metaphys

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