Hindu gods and heroes

The Wisdom of the East Series EDITED BY L. CRANMER-BYNG Dr. S. A. KAPADIA WISDOM OF THE EAST HINDU GODS AND HEROES STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF THE RELIGION OF INDIA BY LIONEL D. BARNETT, M.A., LITT * * * * * PREFACE The following pages are taken from the Forlong Bequest lectures which I delivered in March last at the School of Oriental Studies. Owing to exigencies of space, much of what I then said has been omitted here, especially with regard to the worship of Śiva; but enough remains to make clear my general view, which is that the religion of the Aryans of India was essentially a worship of spirits--sometimes spirits of real persons, sometimes imaginary spirits--and that, although in early …

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