 | William Crooke - 1896 - 346 pàgines
...to be, is promoted and encouraged. Thus, as has been well remarked, Hinduism lies in urgent need of a Pope or acknowledged orthodox head, " to control...receptivity, to keep up the standard of deities and saints, and generally to prevent superstitions running wild into a tangled jungle of polytheism." ' It would... | |
 | E. Osborn Martin - 1914 - 444 pàgines
...main weaknesses of modern Hinduism. A Government official writes : " Hinduism lies in urgent need of a Pope, or acknowledged orthodox head, to control...elasticity and receptivity, to keep up the standard of its deities and saints, and generally to prevent superstitions running wild into a tangle of polytheism."... | |
 | Henry Sumner Maine - 1876 - 440 pàgines
...Tils, and other places, took their origin from the annual concourse at the shrines of these sddhus. At Akot the saint is still living ; at Wadnera he...to keep down their number, and generally to prevent superstition from running wild into a tangled jungle of polytheism. At present public opinion consecrates... | |
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Hinduism lies in urgent need of a Pope or acknowledged orthodox head, " to control its wonderful elasticity and receptivity, to keep up the standard of deities and saints, and generally to prevent superstitions running wild into a tangled jungle of polytheism. 