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"Hindi" Quotes from Famous Books
... was the use of the vernacular for religious literature. Dravidian scriptures had already been recognized in the south but it is from this time that there begins to flow in the north that great stream of sacred poetry in Hindi and Bengali which waters the roots of modern popular Hinduism. Among many eminent names which have contributed to it, the greatest is Tulsi Das who retold the Ramayana in Hindi and thus wrote a poem which is little less than a Bible for millions in ... — Hinduism and Buddhism, Vol I. (of 3) - An Historical Sketch • Charles Eliot |
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