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to or were occupied by the rulers of Tiparah. Besides, if we follow Colonel 
Wilford, the kings of Arakan and Tiparah were constantly striving for the 
mastery and the former even conquered the greatest part of Bengal; hence 
“ to this day” they assume the title of lords of the twelve Bhuniyas, Bhattis, 
or principalities, of Bengal. 
IV. Kandarpa Na'ra'yana Ra'i' of Chandradi'p. 
The following romantic story is narrated by the Bengalis to account 
for the name Chandradip. 
There was once a Brahman of Bikrampur, called Chandra Sekhar 
Chakravarti, whose tutelary deity (Ishta devata) was Bhagavatl. He 
married ; but it was not until he brought his wife home that he found to 
his dismay that her name was that of his patron goddess. This circumstance 
distressed him greatly, and he was puzzled to know how he could invoke the 
goddess in his wife’s name, or treat as a wife one who bore her honoured title. 
He at last arrived at the conclusion that it was better to kill himself. Dis¬ 
tracted in mind he got on board a small boat, and resolved to drift out to 
sea until he was lost. It was then all open sea to the south of Bikrampur, 
and he sailed on for a day and a night without meeting with any one. On 
the morning of the second day, he was surprised to see in the distance a boat 
rowed by a solitary fisher girl. He addressed her, and enquired how she 
had the courage to be so far from land in a frail fishing boat, and alone. She 
replied, that she was following her trade and felt no fear, but that she was 
astonished to see him, a Brahman and a landsman, adrift at sea. He then 
told her of his perplexity, and of his determination to destroy himself. 
On hearing his story, the girl raised a scornful laugh and said, “ O 
Brahman, how foolish and ignorant you are ! Do you not know that the 
goddess Bhagavatl dwells in every woman, and that every woman is her 
Sakti, or personified power ? Why then should you be surprised that your 
wife bears her name ?” The Brahman was amazed at this reproof, and at 
once felt sure that the fisher girl was a goddess in disguise. He therefore 
jumped on board the boat, and clasping her knees, besought her to tell him 
who she was. It was in vain that the girl reminded him of his caste, and 
of the impurity that would result from his touching one of her despised 
class. He, however, refused to let her go until she told him, and at last 
confessed that she was really his tutelary goddess, Bhagavatl. The Brahman 
took advantage of the favourable opportunity and besought her to grant 
him a boon. Bhagavatl assented, and told him that the sea, where they 
then were, would one day become dry land, and that he would be its 
proprietor, and that it should be called after his own name Chandradip, or 
island of Chandra. # 
* I am indebted to Mr. H. Beveridge, C. S., for these legends regarding Chandradip. 
