Bengali Folk-ballads from Mymensingh and the Problem of Their Authenticity

āmār āmi authenticity Aynā Bagulā balladists bandhu Bāromāsī beautiful Bengali literature Bengali poetry Bhābnā Bheluyā Brahmin Calcutta canto caste Chand Chandra Chandrāvatī character classical Bengali classical Sanskrit poetry Collected by Chandrakumar collector colophons composed composition Contents couplet D. C. Sen D. C. Sen's daughter Dewan Dhopār pāt Dingādhar East Bengal Eastern Bengal Ballads elements epic falls in love Firoz flower folk-author folk-ballads folk-literature folk-poetry folk-poets folk-songs gān girl gītikā haila heart Hindu Hinduism husband individual instance Izdani Jasimuddin jewel kālī Kamalā Kāñchanmālā kanyā Khān lover lyrical Madan Madhab Madinā Maishal Maluyā Mangal-kāvyas Māņiktārā Mānjurmā married merchant moon mukh Mukut Muslim Mymen Mymensingh ballads Mymensingh District Naderchand narrator pālā phul poetic images poetry poets Pūrbabanga-gītikā puthi Raja Rāmāyan religious river similes and metaphors singers songs story Śyām Tarapada Bhattacharyya tion torso tradition tumi Vaishnava variants verses village wife woman yauban yeman Zamindar