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Art. XII.—On the modern Deities worshipped by the Hindus in the Dekkan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2011

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The religion of the Hindus of the Dekkan seems to me to consist of four constituent parts; 1st. Pure Brahmanism, as contained in the Vedas and Puranas; 2nd. An ante-Brahmanical worship, consisting in the adoration of painted stones, which are not acknowledged as objects of worship by the Brahmans, but considered as the representatives of demons; 3d. Buddhism, or that modification of it which subsists among the Jains; and under which heads falls the worship of the Pandharpur Vitthoba. 4. A local superstition based on Brahmanism, and consisting of the worship of remarkable persons who have arisen in the Maratha country in times comparatively modern. It is to these modern local deities that I now solicit attention.

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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1843

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References

page 106 note 1 This particular Bhairava is not mentioned in the usual list.

page 109 note 1 See especially the Bombay Oriental Christian Spectator, vol. i.Google Scholar

page 109 note 2 The Abhang is a kind of ode.

page 110 note 1 That is, from 1818, when the Peshwa's dominions were annexed to their empire.

page 110 note 2 A demon, such was the theory of his votaries.