The mystics, ascetics, and saints of India : a study of Sadhuism, with an account of the Yogis, Sanyasis, Bairagis, and other strange Hindu sectarians (1905)
Oman, John Campbell, 1841-1911 · London : T. F. Unwin · leaf 179
prevailing virtue is declared tobe rehgious austerity; in the Trita, divine knowledge ; inthe Divaparaj sacrifices ; in the Kali Yuga, charity alone. ^ ^ The Hindu Law of Endowments, Tagore Law Lectures, 1892, byPandit Prannath Saraswati, M.A. and B.L., p. 15 (Thacker, Spink, &Co., Calcutta).… … HERE are, as mighthave been expected,a large number of Hindusects. Professor Wilsongives a list of forty-threeof them, and adds that inpopular works on the sub-ject ninety-six heresies areordinarily recognised. Itis needless to say that eventhis figure would not nearlyrepresent 11 the actual…
Hinduism · Asceticism -- Hinduism · Mysticism -- India · Sadhus -- India · Hindu sects · India -- Religious life and customs
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