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The Hindu Pantheon

1864

It is now more than ever fitted for a place upon the table of the student upon the shelf of the man of letters as a work of reference on the Mythology of the Hindus. [...] Now the Polytheism of the Pantheon is receiving at the hands of intelligent Hindus the same treatment as fell to the lot of the deities of western mythology at the hands of the free thinkers of Athens. [...] BRAHMA the personification of the creative power of the Deity althongh the name most &Millar of the three to Eztronean readers is not so often heard of in India as those of the great powers of.preservation and destruction; or as of several other deities or icarhations of deities 'of an inferior description. [...] What the essential differences between the sect of Vaishnavas and that of the Saivas or worshippers of SIVA may be I canng t definitely state; for while the latter deem the object of their own exclusive adoration to be the immediate type of the Supreme Being the philosophical idea of the eternal duration of matter. [...] awaking and turning on his side evidently alluding to the Sun at the solstices ; also to the phenomenon of the overflow and receding of the Ganges so to that of the Nile in Egypt.
philosophy religion
Pages
416
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.145753
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-xv Edward Moor view
Of Brahm
1-4 Edward Moor view
Brahma
5-11 Edward Moor view
Vishnu
12-21 Edward Moor view
Siva
22-51 Edward Moor view
Narayana
52-63 Edward Moor view
Of the Saktis; Consorts or Energies of Male Deities
64-66 Edward Moor view
Saraswati
67-71 Edward Moor view
Lakshmi
72-81 Edward Moor view
Parvati
82-94 Edward Moor view
The Offspring of Mahadeva and Parvati
95-106 Edward Moor view
Avataras
107-115 Edward Moor view
Rama
116-122 Edward Moor view
Krishna
123-150 Edward Moor view
Buddha and Buddhism
151-175 Edward Moor view
Of Indra and Genii Subordinate to Him
176-193 Edward Moor view
Surya Chandra and Agni
194-215 Edward Moor view
Of Yama Sani and Vrihaspati
216-224 Edward Moor view
Of Viraj—the Manus—the Brahmadicas or Prajapatis—the Rishis—and other Allegorical Beings of the Invisible World
225-239 Edward Moor view
Swayambhuva
240-243 Edward Moor view
Daksha
244-247 Edward Moor view
Prithu and Prithivi and Viswakarma
248-279 Edward Moor view
Of Ballaji Wittoba and Naneshwer Avataras of Vishnu; and of Kandeh Rao an Avatara of Siva
280-291 Edward Moor view
Of Kama the God of Love
292-298 Edward Moor view
Linga. Yoni
299-309 Edward Moor view
Miscellaneous Notice of the Brahmans and Hindus
310-350 Edward Moor view
The Sects of the Hindus
351-372 Edward Moor view
Of Sectarial Marks or Symbols—the Gayatri—O’m—and Other Sacred Texts and Words Reverenced by Hindus
373-380 Edward Moor view
Of the Vedas Puranas &c
381-390 Edward Moor view
Index
391-401 Edward Moor view

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