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AUTHOR'S PREFACE
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Hie second part I have discussed the Brahmins more par-
ticularly, both in themselves and in relation to other castes.
The third part contains particulars of the religious tenets
and
deities of India.
Among
the papers which are published separately, as
Appendices, there is one on the Jains which I hope will be
read not without interest. These schismatics are to be
found in great numbers in the western provinces of the
Peninsula, and especially in Malabar, where they represent
the majority of the population.
They form a perfectly
distinct class, and differ widely from the Brahmins in many
essential points of doctrine
and
practice.