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HANDBOOKS ON THE HISTORY OF RELIGIONS	1
VOLUME I	1
THE	1
BY	1
PROFESSOR OF SANSKRIT AND COMPARATIVE PHILOLOGY IN BRYN MAWR COLLEGE	1
EDWARD ARNOLD	1
PUBLISHER TO THE INDIA OFFICE	1
COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY	1
TO THE MEMORY OF	1
THIS VOLUME	1
BY THE AUTHOR	1
FOOTNOTES:	3
CHAPTER I.—INTRODUCTION.	3
SOURCES.	3
DATES.	5
METHODS OF INTERPRETATION.	8
DIVISIONS OF THE SUBJECT.	17
FOOTNOTES:	18
CHAPTER II.	20
FOOTNOTES:	27
CHAPTER III.	28
THE SUN-GOD.	31
SAVITAR.	34
P[=U]SHAN AND BHAGA AS SUN-GODS.	37
VISHNU.	40
HEAVEN AND EARTH.	41
VARUNA.	43
TO VARUNA.	46
ADITI.	50
DAWN.	50
THE ACVINS.	54
HYMN TO THE HORSEMEN.	56
FOOTNOTES:	58
CHAPTER IV.	63
INDRA.	66
THE MARUTS.	70
RUDRA.	71
RAIN-GODS.	71
FOOTNOTES:	74
CHAPTER V.	76
SOMA.	80
FOOTNOTES:	89
CHAPTER VI.	90
YAMA	91
FOOTNOTES:	105
CHAPTER VII.	108
FOOTNOTES:	113
CHAPTER VIII.	114
FOOTNOTES:	123
CHAPTER IX.	125
BRAHMANIC THEOLOGY AND THE SACRIFICE.	128
BRAHMANIC RELIGION.	138
BRAHMANIC THEORIES OF CREATION.	144
FOOTNOTES:	149
CHAPTER X.	155
DIALOGUE OF Y[=A]JNAVALKYA AND M[=A]ITREY[=I].[25]	167
FOOTNOTES:	171
CHAPTER XI.	174
THE MARRIAGE RITE.	192
THE FUNERAL CEREMONY.	192
ORDEALS.[37]	195
FOOTNOTES:	197
CHAPTER XII.	200
FOOTNOTES:	210
CHAPTER XIII.	213
FOOTNOTES:	244
CHAPTER XIV.	250
FOOTNOTES:	273
CHAPTER XV.	281
FOOTNOTES:	309
CHAPTER XVI.	314
EARLY SECTS.	321
RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS.	322
HISTORY OF THE HINDU TRINITY.	327
FOOTNOTES:	335
CHAPTER XVII.	345
THE CIVAITES.	349
THE VISHNUITE SECTS.	357
THE RAMAITES.	360
THE KRISHNAITES.	361
DEISTIC REFORMING SECTS.	365
THE DEISM OF TO-DAY.[107]	368
FOOTNOTES:	373
CHAPTER XVIII.	385
THE DRAVIDIANS.	386
FOOTNOTES:	395
CHAPTER XIX.	400
FOOTNOTES:	416
BIBLIOGRAPHY.[1]	424
VEDIC RELIGION.	425
GEOGRAPHY, INDIA AND THE WEST.	437
FOOTNOTES:	438

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