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The two types of Bengali literature that developed were: · The first kind was related to Sanskrit. This literature was composed between the 15th and 18th century this included translations of Ramayana and Mahabharata and Bhakti poetry Chaitanya, the great Bhakti saint inspired Krishna lyrics became very popular. Jayadeva wrote poems called Geet Govinda. It also included the Mongol Kavyas which became very popular. These were the poems about Gods and Goddesses. · The second kind was not related to Sanskrit. This included the Nath literature. The Naths were ascetics and the aim of the stories and songs was to attract people to the Nath cult Maynamati- Gopichandra is the story of Queen Maynamati who advised her son Gopichandra, to accept the path of asceticism. Nath literature also had stories of Dharma Thakur, a local deity, fairy tales and folk tales. These were passed down by oral tradition and thus cannot be dated.
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