| Contents | ||||||
| I. | The Vēdic Age: | |||||
| Popular Religion, p. 9 — Ṛig-vēda and priestly religion, p. 11 — Dyaus-Zeus, p. 14 — Ushās, p. 18 ― Sūrya, p. 19 — Savitā, p. 19 — Mitra and Varuṇa, p. 19 — Agni, p. 22 — Sōma, p. 23 — Indra, p. 25 — The Aśvins, p. 35 — Vishṇu, p. 37 — Rudra-Śiva, p. 42 — Summary, p. 42. | ||||||
| II. | The Age of the Brāhmaṇas: | |||||
| Growth of Brahman influence in expanding Aryan society, p. 45 — System of priestly doctrine: theory of Sacrifice and mechanical control of nature thereby, p. 48 — Its antinomianism: partly corrected by the growing cult of Rudra-Śiva, p. 53 — The Upanishads: their relation to the Brāhmaṇas, p. 59 — Brahma the Absolute, p. 60 — Karma-Saṃsāra, P. 63 — Results: Śaiva Theism, p. 65— Kṛishṇa: early history and legends, p. 66 — Teachings, p. 68. | ||||||
| III. | The Epics, and Later: | |||||
| I. | The Great War and the Pāṇḍavas, p. 70 — Vishṇu-Kṛishṇa, p.74 — Growth of church of Vishṇu-Kṛishṇa, p. 79 — Worship of Pāṇḍavas, p. 92 — New erotic and romantic Kṛishṇaism, p. 94. | |||||
| II. | Rāma: legend of Rāma and constitution of Rāmāyaṇa, p. 98. | |||||
| III. | Some later Preachers, p. 103 — Religions of Vishṇu-Kṛishṇa and Śiva in Southern India, p. 103 — Śaṃkara Āchārya, p. 105 — Rāmānuja, p. 107 — Nimbārka, Madhva, Vallabha, p. 108 — Jñānadēva, p. 109 — Nāma-dēva, p. 109 — Tukārām, p. 109 — Rāmānanda, p. 110 — Tulsī Dās, p. 110 — Kabīr, p. 110 — Nānak, p. 110 — Chaitanya, p. 110. | |||||
| IV. | Brahmā and the Trimūrti, p. 111 — Dattātrēya, p. 114. | |||||
| V. | Two Modern Instances, p. 116. | |||||
| Conclusion | ||||||
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