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The Custom which
Chapter XIX.
Widows
at times obliges
to
allow themselves to be burnt alive on the Funeral Pyre of their
355-3C7
Deceased Husbands
Chapter XX.
Adoption.
— Rules
regarding the Partition of
368-376
Property
Chapter XXI. The Learning of the Brahmins.— Their Colleges.
— Astronomy. — Astrology. — Magic
The Poetry
Chapter XXII.
376-392
of the
Hindus
.
392-401
.
.
— The Six Sects called
Chapter XXIII. Brahmin Philosophy.
ShanMata.— The Doctrine of the Buddhists
Chapter XXIV.
.
.
Chronology of the Brahmins.
.
401-415
.
— The Epoch
of
415-420
the Flood
Chapter XXV.
The Epistolary Style of the Brahmins.
— Hindu
420-433
Handwriting
Chapter XXVI. Hindu Fables
Chapter XXVII. Hindu Tales
Chapter XXVIII.
Chapter XXIX.
433-450
450-474
Niti Slohas, or Moral Stanzas
The Funeral Ceremonies
of
.
Brahmins
Chapter XXX. The Various Ceremonies observed
in Honour of the Dead
. 474-482
. 482-489
after Burial
489-500
Chapter XXXI. The Third Condition of Brahmins, viz. Yana-
The Respect paid to Yanapras-
prastha, or Dweller in the Jungle.
Conjectures as to their Origin. Comparison between them
thas.
and the Wise Men of Greece and other Philosophers. The Rules of
theVanaprasthas. Their Renunciation of the World and Pleasures
—
—
—
—
—
of the
5C0-509
Senses.— Their Moral Virtues
Chapter XXXLT.
Brahmins.
The Lesser Yagnam. The Greater
Sacrifice of the Yagnam.
509-517
Yagnam. The Giants, Enemies of the Vanaprasthas
—
Sacrifices of the Vanaprastlia
—
—
.
.
Chapter XXXIII. Penance as a Means of purifying the Soul.
The Penance of the Yanaprasthas. Modern Gymnosophists, or
517-522
Naked Penitents.— Purification by Fire
—
—
....
Chapter XXXIV.
of
of
The Fourth State of the Brahmins, that
Preparation for this Holy State. Ceremonies
the Sannyasi.
522-527
Rules to be followed by the Sannyasi
Initiation.
—
—
—
Chapter XXXV.
.
.
A Sannyasi' 's Principal Duties. — Meditation.
— Its Various Stages. — What consists and how Hindu Devo-
— General Remarks. — Comparisons between the
it
tees practise
of,
it.
Hindu Sannyasis and those who
lead
Similar
Christians
among
.
...........
Chapter XXXVI.
yasis
Lives
The Funeral Ceremonies
of
528-538
Brahmin Sann-
538-541