Satya Pirer Panchali

The title of the manuscript is Satya Pirer Panchali. It is a doggerel poem. The author of the manuscript is anonymous. It is one of the popular beliefs and practices of Muslim Community. It is a local variation of the Muslim concept of pirism, when the local people were converted to Islam, they got the conception of pirism mixed up with the old idea of the supernatural power of their deities. The subject matter of the manuscript is Mythology that includes folktale. The manuscript is written on handmade paper with black ink. The manuscript contains 20 folios. The language and script of the manuscript are Bengali. It is an unbound form and some folios of the manuscripts are missing. There is no wooden cover to protect the manuscript. The shape of the manuscript is rectangular and the size is- Length- 31.5cm and Width-11cm. The mode of acquisition of this manuscript is donation. It is stored in wooden showcase. It is collected from South 24 Parganas, West Bengal.