CHAPTER III.
Chandidas and Vidyapati. 115-149.
Chandidas, 115-135.—Parakiyā Rasa or worship of women.—How it is made to approach spirituality.—Chandidās's life—the story of his love—his death, 115-123,—the spiritual aspects of his poems.—A tendency towards idealization—a brief analysis of his poems, 123-135.—Vidyapati, 135-149.—Our claims on the Maithil poet—his poems recast by Bengali poets—the authenticity of the various records bearing dates—his ancestry—his interview with Chandidās, and other points relating to his life—a review of his poems. Vidyāpati and Chandidās compared, 149.
CHAPTER IV.
The Pauranik Renaissance, 150-380.
I. Leading characteristics of the Renaissance, 150-170. Faith in God and in the Brahmin.—The causes that led to the growth of Brahmanic power.—Fables about them.—The story of Lomaça— the sage, 150-157.—The dissemination of classical ideas—the popularisation of the Paurānik stories.—The Mañgala gāns.—The story of Hariça Chandra—the great influence of the Paurānik stories upon the masses, 157-170.
II. Vernacular Recensions of Sanskrit works:—170-235.
