[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1914) › c14.s2.2 # The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c14.s2.2 The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c14.s2.2 - **Language:** English ### [c14.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1914.c14.s2.2) By the beginning of the fifteenth century the Bengali translation of the \*Rāmāyaṇa\* by Krittivāsa was available to the people of Bengal as a fountain of the social philosophy of daily life. The work was inspired by the cult of \*bhakti\* (faith or devotion), an attitude of life such as became a passion with Chaitanya (1485-1553) two generations later. - [Previous: c14.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1914.c14.s2.1) - [Next: c14.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1914.c14.s2.3) - [Up: c14.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1914.c14.s2) ## Cites (1) - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1914.c14.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1914.c14.s2.2) · Pramāṇa