Chapter 3

Brahmanism.

§ 1. Our Knowledge of Brahmanism. Sir William Jones § 2. Difficulty of this Study. The Complexity of the System. The Hindoos have no History. Their Ultra-Spiritualism § 3. Helps from Comparative Philology. The Aryans in Central Asia § 4. The Aryans in India. The Native Races. The Vedic Age. Theology of the Vedas § 5. Second Period. Laws of Manu. The Brahmanic Age § 6. The Three Hindoo Systems of Philosophy,--The Sankhya, Vedanta, and Nyasa § 7. Origin of the Hindoo Triad § 8. The Epics, the Puranas, and Modern Hindoo Worship § 9. Relation of Brahmanism to Christianity