The Religions of India

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The religions of India (1882)
by Marie Étienne Auguste Barth, translated by James Wood

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Marie Étienne Auguste Barth2533836The religions of India1882James Wood

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CONTENTS.

			PAGE
Preface			ix
Introduction			xxi
I.	The Vedic Religions		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	87–100
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, Çivaism—Influences, Philosophical and Religious	186–237
	3.	The Reforming Sects—Mussulman Influence—The Sikhs	238–251
	4.	Worship—Idolatries—Sacred Symbols and Objects—Festivals—Pilgrimages—Retrospective and Prospective	252–293