Dwija Pashupati

Dwija Pashupati medieval poet, writer of Chandr'a'val'i. He introduced himself in his work as 'a son of Tripura';, that is of present-day noakhali, comilla and sylhet. But his profuse use of the Sylheti dialect in Chandravali suggests that he was from Sylhet. Chandravali is based on M'r'ig'a'vat'i, a work by the Hindi poet Kutban. In his preamble work, Dwija Pashupati mentions the goddess Kali so many times that it is probable that he was a follower of Kali. Although he wrote in Bangla, he appears to have been well-versed in sanskrit as evidenced from his use of Sanskrit phrases, couplets and words. [Kalpana Bhowmik] [Bhowmik, Kalpana Deputy Librarian, Dhaka University Library]