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I. The V?dic Age:
Popular Religion, p. 9—?ig-v?da and priestly religion, p. 11—Dyaus-Zeus, p. 14—Ush?s, p. 18—S?rya, p. 19—Savit?, p. 19—Mitra and Varu?a, p. 19—Agni, p. 22—S?ma, p. 23—Indra, p. 25—The A?vins, p. 35—Vish?u, p. 37—Rudra-Siva, p. 42—Summary, p. 42.
II. The Age of the Br?hma?as:
Growth of Brahman influence in expanding Aryan society, p. 45—System of priestly doctrine: theory of Sacrifice and mechanical control of nature thereby, p. 48—Its antinomianism: partly corrected by the growing cult of Rudra-?iva, p. 53—The Upanishads: their relation to the Br?hma?as, p. 59—Brahma the Absolute, p. 60—Karma-Sa?s?ra, p. 63—Results: ?aiva Theism, p. 65—K?ish?a: early history and legends, p. 66—Teachings, p. 68.
III. The Epics, and Later:
I. The Great War and the P???avas, p. 70—Vish?u-K?ish?a, p. 74—N?r?ya?a, p. 76—Bhagavad-g?t? and N?r?ya??ya, p. 77—Growth of church of Vish?u-K?ish?a, p. 79—Worship of P???avas, p. 92—New erotic and romantic K?ish?aism, p. 94.
II. R?ma: legend of R?ma and constitution of R?m?ya?a, p. 98.
III. Some later Preachers, p. 103—Religions of Vish?u-K?ish?a and ?iva in Southern India, p. 103—?a?kara ?ch?rya, p. 105—R?m?nuja, p. 107—Nimb?rka, Madhva, Vallabha, p. 108—JÑ?nad?va, p. 109—N?ma-d?va, p. 109—Tuk?r?m, p. 109—R?m?nanda, p. 110—Tuls? D?s, p. 110—Kab?r, p. 110—N?nak, p. 110—Chaitanya, p. 110.
IV. Brahm? and the Trim?rti, p. 111—Datt?tr?ya, p. 114.
V. Two Modern Instances, p. 116.
Conclusion.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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