TRÜBNER'S

ORIENTAL SERIES.

THE

RELIGIONS OF INDIA.

BY

A. BARTH,

MEMBER OF THE SOCIÉTÉ ASIATIQUE OF PARIS.

AUTHORISED TRANSLATION

BY

REV. J. WOOD,

EDIN.

THIRD EDITION.

LONDON:

KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER, & CO., LT?

1891.

The rights of translation and of reproduction

are reserved.

145 B284 re 1891

ΤΟ

DR. JOHN MUIR,

THIS SKETCH

OF

THE RELIGIONS OF INDIA

IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED

BY

THE AUTHOR

IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF HIS

UNWEARIED SERVICES AS A STUDENT AND INTERPRETER

OF THE FAITHS AND WISDOM OF INDIA,

AND OF HIS GENEROUS PATRONAGE

OF INDIAN RESEARCH.