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Title: Bāro Māsh.
Date: 1320 (1913).
Measurement: 21.3cm x 13.8cm.
Main Text: Pp. 1-31.
Author: Unknown.
Revised by: Khādim Sājid Miyā.
Publisher: Md. Iunuch.
Printer: SrīMahahmad Ābdul Gani Srīhatta Bandar Bājār Islāmiā Press.
‘Bāro Māshya’ is a genre of writing in popular Bengali literature.
Generally this form gives a month-wise description of human happiness and sorrows caused by nature. This text is a revised version, revised by Sājid Miyā. It provides a month- to- month description of the nature. It also introduces in some detail the socio-moral ethics in day- to- day life of a Muslim, such as the duties of the children toward the parents. The text reflects the composite culture of the region. The Sufi ideas are blended in with the local Hindu/Vaisnavite icons such as Nimāi, Krishna. Rādhā.
Significantly some innovations are introduced. The text begins with ‘Agran Mās’ i.e. the month of Agrahāyan, which is the eighth month of the Bengali calendar, instead of Baisākh, the first month.
