. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. CI)P i?lUtlU£f {conti7iued). Buddhist influence on Hindmsm—Tlie Jains—Jain temples and pilgrimages—The Parsees expelledfrom Persia—The towers of silence—Moslem attitude to the British—Various Moslem races-Mahometan soldiers—Rise of the Sikhs—The Giirus-Theistic religionists—Rammohun Roy—Keshub Chunder Sen—Christians—Eurasians—Variety of languages—Hindustani—Sanskrit—Pali—The
. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. CI)P i?lUtlU£f {conti7iued). Buddhist influence on Hindmsm—Tlie Jains—Jain temples and pilgrimages—The Parsees expelledfrom Persia—The towers of silence—Moslem attitude to the British—Various Moslem races-Mahometan soldiers—Rise of the Sikhs—The Giirus-Theistic religionists—Rammohun Roy—Keshub Chunder Sen—Christians—Eurasians—Variety of languages—Hindustani—Sanskrit—Pali—The prakrits and modern vernaculars—Native literature—Forms of marriage —Polygamy—Essentials of Hindu marriage—Torchlight processions—Desire of male offspring—Property laws—The ryot, or cultivator—Modes of agriculture—Indian sports—Jugglers andsnake charmers—Results of British rule. B. UDDHISM has, as we havesaid, almost disappeared fromIndia, surviving only in Ceylon,where it flourishes. But thereis no doubt that it ex-erted great Buddhistinfluence influences on on Hinduism itself, inbringing forward the principleof the brotherhood of man, withthe reassertion of which, eachnew revival of Hinduism starts ;in the asylum which the greatHindu sects afford to women whohave fallen victims to caste rules,to the widow, and to the out-caste ; in that gentleness andcharity to all men, which takethe place of a poor-law in India,and give a high significance tothe half-satirical epithet of the mild Hindu. Buddhism is also repre-sented in India by the Jains, asect of over a million, ^^^^^^^differing from Buddhism in recognising in the Jina Pati, or .Adi Buddha, a divine personal ruler of all, denying the divine originof the Vedas, and distinguished by an extreme tenderness for animalhfe. Their holy men of the past are admitted as true deities. Theybelieve in a sort of pantheism;
Size: 1296px × 1929px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectcivilization, bookyea
