1898.] M. M. Chakravarti —Language and literature of Orissa. 373 
adaptation of the same work in Bengali by Brndabana Das. The 
Namacintamani is in 12 Chandas and in print occupies 23 pages only. 
Besides praises to Radha and Krsna, one Chanda (the 3rd) is entirely 
devoted to Caitanya and his principal disciples. Apparently Sadananda 
was a G-auriya Vaisnava. Most extravagant are the praises of Radha, 
who should be named first and then Krsna. 1 His songs are among the 
most popular and are exclusively devotional. But on the whole I think 
that he is more famous than his works justify. Probably this fame 
arose from his superior personality and from his extensive knowledge 
gathered in travel. 
Abuimanyu Samantasimhara. 
The pre-British poets conclude with Abliimanyu Samantasimhara. 
He belonged to a zemindar family, whose descendants still survive. 
From one of them Babu Raghunatha Samantasimhara a good deal 
of the undermentioned information has been obtained. 2 
The family was founded by one Kalu Simha. He and his brother 
Mahabala Simha came from Jaypur (Rajputana) to Puri apparently on 
pilgrimage. They took service under the Raja of Puri and came to be 
employed as guards of the king’s bed-room (palagkapahara ). While in 
this trusted post they secured for themselves the grant of the zemindari 
of Pargana BaruS. On coming to take possession, they found one Ucita 
Behei a already in possession by virtue of an older sanad. Fighting 
ensued, and at last a compromise was arrived at by a division of the 
Pargana. The two brothers got seventy-one villages, which are now 
comprised in the Taluks Santrapura, Kesapura, and Radhamohana- 
prasada. The two brothers lived together. When Mahabala died, his 
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Nama Cintamani, 5th. Ch. p. 8. 
“ This is the saying of Rsis—he who names Radha having named Krsna 
first, gets then and there the sin of a Brahmin-murder. Not forgetting this, watch¬ 
fully repeat (her name). ” 
2 My informant, a fine old man of sixty, died the year before last (1896). He 
traced his descent from Abhimanyu in this manner:— 
Abhimanyu 
I 
Ramakrsna 
(son) 
Raghunatha 
(son) 
(my informant). 
