. India and Malaysia . Cl)apber YI. HINDUISM. IT v,Oiild require a volume much larger than this to containeven an abridged account of the rise, progress, and presentcondition of the gigantic religious system popularly knownby the name of Hinduism. It would require, for instance, ahistory dating back at least three thousand years, a sketch ofa series of philosophical systems which touch at many pointsthe speculations of many of the ablest thinkers of ancient andmodern times, of a ritualism more elaborate than that of theLevites, of a social system the most complex and cumbersomeever known, and
. India and Malaysia . Cl)apber YI. HINDUISM. IT v,Oiild require a volume much larger than this to containeven an abridged account of the rise, progress, and presentcondition of the gigantic religious system popularly knownby the name of Hinduism. It would require, for instance, ahistory dating back at least three thousand years, a sketch ofa series of philosophical systems which touch at many pointsthe speculations of many of the ablest thinkers of ancient andmodern times, of a ritualism more elaborate than that of theLevites, of a social system the most complex and cumbersomeever known, and of a polytheism which touches at one ormore points every other form of polytheism known amongmen. Sir Monier Williams very truthfully remarks that ^^nodescription of Hinduism can be exhaustive which does nottouch on almost every religious and philosophical idea thatthe world has ever known. No elaborate description ofsuch a religion can be attempted in the present volume, writ-ten as it is for the special purpose of pu
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