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MS. last chapter, folios 231-2. 
“ At Akhandacala in Ranapura I reside. Padmanabha Narendra 
supports me. I am born of the ^udra caste. Having received initiation 
(into Vaisnavism), I stay among the G auras ; and teach and preach to all 
the Gopalas (Gauras), taking refuge at the feet of fri-Hari. Among 
the Gauras I am called Mahata. The husband of Kamala (i. e., the god 
Hari) has taken mercy upon me. This prayer to fri Gdpinatlia’s feet— 
Oh yellow-robed !—preserve the poet Acyuta Dasa. The seven-volumed 
Harivam 9 a is finished; Acyuta Dasa meditates on Lord Govinda’s feet.” 
Hunter’s list (Vol. II, p. 197) credits this Acyutananda Dasa with 
a Sapta Bhagabata which is evidently a mistake for the Satakhandi-a 
Haribamsa. The list also ascribes two smaller pieces to him : (1) Ananta 
Goyi or the eternal mystery, and (2) Acyutananda Malika or the 
prophecies of Acyutananda. 
The other religions works in Oriya are, as might be expected in the 
land of Jagannatha, mostly Vaisnavite. They may be roughly divided 
into :— 
(1) Pauranic, such as translations of Qiva Purana, Padma Purana, 
Markanda Purana, and of the various periodical Mahatmyas, as Karttika, 
Magha, Vai^akha, Ekada^ ; 
(2) Poems, as Dbarani Dhara’s translation of Gltagovinda, and 
the translation of Hamsaduta ; 
(3) Jagannatha worship—as Gundicdbije or the procession of 
Jagannatha on his car to Gundica , the summer house; Darubrahma, 
and the De-o]a To]a—an account of the origin of the god and his 
temple; translation of Purusottama Mahatmya, etc. 
These works appeared later, and have no such special literary merits 
as to deserve detailed notice. In the next part will be treated the chief 
Oriya poets and this will conclude my sketch of Oriya literature. 1 
1 In Oriya pronunciation, the consonants v, y, and g are hardened to b, j, and z 
respectively ; hence the difference in transliteration. 
