Mangalchandi Geet
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Introductory notes
Mangalkabya is a popular genre in Bengali, influenced by regional cults such as that of Chandi, Manasa, Dharma, or Vaishnav songs, flourished from the thirteenth century to the eighteenth. The poems are typically written in the form of songs (panchalika) meant for performance by professional singers (mangal gayak) backed by a male chorus (dohar) during ritual worship of the particular deity who was the subject of the poem. Chandimangal by Dwija Madhav was published in book form by Calcutta University in 1952. Sudhibhusan Bhattacharya was the editor of the book.
Besides Mukundaram, Dwija Madhav or Madhavacharya was the other noted poet of Mangalkavya. Scholars have suggested, Dwija Madhav was a contemporary of Mukundaram and the text was composed in later half of the 16th Century, between 1579-1600. Dwija Madhav is believed to have been a resident of modern day West Bengal, however his text is more popular in the districts Noakhali, Chittagong in present day Bangladesh. Manuscripts of Dwija Madhav's Chandimangal have been found in Noakhali, Chittagong and Sandwip region, all in modern day Bangladesh.
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Besides Mukundaram, Dwija Madhav or Madhavacharya was the other noted poet of Mangalkavya. Scholars have suggested, Dwija Madhav was a contemporary of Mukundaram and the text was composed in later half of the 16th Century, between 1579-1600. Dwija Madhav is believed to have been a resident of modern day West Bengal, however his text is more popular in the districts Noakhali, Chittagong in present day Bangladesh. Manuscripts of Dwija Madhav's Chandimangal have been found in Noakhali, Chittagong and Sandwip region, all in modern day Bangladesh.