The religions of India . , AND OF HIS GENEROUS PATRONAGE OF INDIAN RESEARCH. CONTENTS. PAGE Preface ix Introduction xxi I. The Vedic Keligions 1-38 The Rig-Veda: its Deities, Cultus, and Essential Character 1-38 II. Brahmanism 39-100 1. Ritual—Spread 39-63 2. Philosophic Speculations of the Upanishads — The Sankhya and the Vedanta Reaction . . 64-86 3. Decline in Dogmatic and Ritual . . 8 7-100 III. Buddhism 101-139 Buddha and his Teachings—Spirit and Organisation— Decline 101-139 IV. Jainism 140-152 Affinity with Buddhism—Creed and Cultus . 140-152 V. Hinduism 153-293 1. The Hindu Sects: thei
The religions of India . , AND OF HIS GENEROUS PATRONAGE OF INDIAN RESEARCH. CONTENTS. PAGE Preface ix Introduction xxi I. The Vedic Keligions 1-38 The Rig-Veda: its Deities, Cultus, and Essential Character 1-38 II. Brahmanism 39-100 1. Ritual—Spread 39-63 2. Philosophic Speculations of the Upanishads — The Sankhya and the Vedanta Reaction . . 64-86 3. Decline in Dogmatic and Ritual . . 8 7-100 III. Buddhism 101-139 Buddha and his Teachings—Spirit and Organisation— Decline 101-139 IV. Jainism 140-152 Affinity with Buddhism—Creed and Cultus . 140-152 V. Hinduism 153-293 1. The Hindu Sects: their Great Deities—Civa, Vishnu, Krishna, Rama—The Avataras—The Trinity . 159-185 2. Their History and Doctrines—Vishnuism, ^ivaism —Influences, Philosophical and Religious . 1S6-237 3. The Reforming Sects—Mussulman Influence—The Sikhs 238-251 4. Worship—Idolatries—Sacred Symbols and Objects —Festivals—Pilgrimages—Retrospective and Pro-spective 252-293 X JU. A XI W AJl A >^X\. PREFACE. The following sketch of the Keligions of India appearedoriginally in 1879 as an article in the Enmjclop^clie dcsSciences Beligieuses, which is published in Paris under theeditorship of Professor Lichtenberger. My aim in com-posing it was to present, to that class of readers who takeinterest in questions of historical theology, but who happento have no special acquaintance with Indianist studies,a r4sitm4, which should be as faithful and realistic aspossible, of the latest results of inquiry in all provincesof this vast domain. At first I thought I might compriseall I had to say in some fifty pages; but I soon saw thatwithin a space so limited, the w^ork I had undertaken, andwhich I intended should assume the form of a statementof facts rather than of a series of speculative deductions,would prove absolutely superficial and be sure to give riseto manifold misapprehensions. This first difficulty waseasily got over through the friendly liberality of theEditor of the
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