History of Bengali Language and Literature c7.s8.7
History of Bengali Language and Literature c7.s8.7
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c7.s8.7
The popular stories presented in a new garb. As already explained, the illeterate villagers of Bengal worshipped many gods and goddesses under the influence of Tāntrik Buddhism, and the Hindu priests gradually took these up, and associating them with the deities of the Hindu pantheon as related in the Purāṇas, Hinduised the whole spiritual atmosphere of Bengal. They connected the fables current in the country with the Śāstrik stories and thus bridged over a gap, created by the loss of Buddhistic ascendency and its traditions in Bengal.