Religions of India

First Published in 2000. This is Volume II of fourteen of a series on India- its language and literature. The following sketch of the Religions of India appeared originally in 1879 as an article in the Encyclopedie des Sciences Religieuses, which is published in Paris under the editorship of Professor Lichtenberger. Part I The Vedic Religions.; Chapter I The ?ig-Veda.; Part II Brahmanism.; Chapter II Ritual.; Chapter III Philosophic Speculations.; Chapter IV Decline.; Part III Buddhism.; Chapter V Buddha and his Teachings—Spirit and Organisation—Decline.; Part IV Jainism.; Chapter VI Affinity with Buddhism—Creed and Cultus.; Part V Hinduism.; Chapter VII The Hindu Sects—Their Great Deities.; Chapter VIII The Sects, Their History and Doctrines.; Chapter IX Reforming Sects.; Chapter X Worship.;