Religious Thought and Life in India

Author: Monier Willams

This book is a description of the religions practised by the peoples of India, and it is based on a lifetime of research into their literature as well as personal explorations carried out in their own nation.

Contents: Vedism, Brahmanism, General Observations, Savism, Vaishnavism, Saktism or Goddess-worship, Tutelary and Village Deities, Demon Worship and Saint Worship, Death, Funeral Rites and Ancestor Worship, Worship of Animals, Tress and Inanimate Objects, The Hindu Religion in Ancient and Modern Family Life, Religious Life of the Orthodox Hindu Householder, Hindu Fasts, Festivals, and Holy Days, Temples, Shrines, and Sacred Places, Caste in Relation to Trade and Industries, Modern Hindu Theism: Rammohun Roy, Modern Hindu Theism: Rammohun Roy's Successors

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