Marie Étienne Auguste Barth

“ 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. ”