History of Bengali Language and Literature c8.7

c8.7

This was an age when Sanskritic words were being largely vernacularised, a practice to which we have already alluded. The translations are full of instances of highly artistic Sanskrit expressions as কমলাংগতল 'অগ্নিআংশ যেন পাংশ' 'চলচপলা' etc. A new school had came into existence, the function of which was to Sanskritise Bengali. Even in the works of Mukundarāma who more than any other Bengali poet except Chandi Dās used provincialisms in his poetry, we come across such words as মাতুলুঙ্গ, ঈষুপাশ, নিম্ন and প্রবল-চপল-ভঙ্গা. The ingenious similes and figurative expressions which developed in a subsequent period are indicated in Mukundarāma’s writings though he seemed least inclined to use them. He belonged to the school of the people but owned some kinship with that of the pedantic scholars also. We quote here a passage in illustration ;—