m[=a].]

[Footnote 69: If Mohammed were regarded as one with Allah
there would be an Occidental parallel to the Krishna and
R[=a]ma sects.]

[Footnote 70: Whether the Hindu trinitarianism derives from
the Occident or not (the former view being historically
probable, but not possible to prove) the importance of the
dogma and its place in Hindu theology is very different to
the condition of things in the Christian church. In India
trinitarianism is merely a convenience in adjusting the
claims of two heterodox sects and orthodoxy, each believer
being willing to admit that the god of the other is his own
god, only with the understanding that the last is a superior
manifestation. In late Civaism both Vishnu and Brahm[=a] are
indeed called the 'sons of God' (Civa). but in the sense
that they are distinctly subordinate creatures of Civa
(JAOS. iv. 147).]

[Footnote 71: But some Hindus worship both Vishnu and Civa
without insisting that one is higher than the other.
Moreover, there is a Mahratta sect of Vishnuites who
complacently worship Buddha (Vishnu's ninth _avatar_) as
Vi[t.]h[t.]hala or P[=a]ndura[.n]ga. These are simply
eclectic, and their god is without or with quality. Buddha
is here not a deceiver, but an instructor (JRAS. 1842, p.
66; IA. XI. 56, 149).]

[Footnote 72: The Civaites, too, are divided on the
questions both of predestination and of free grace. The
greater body of them hold to the 'monkey doctrine'; the
Pacupatas, to the 'cat.']

[Footnote 73: Sanskrit _kal[=a]_, school
(_marka[t.]a-ny[=a]ya_ and _m rj[=a]ra-ny[=a]ya_). The
Southern school has its own Veda written in Tamil. Williams,
JRAS. xiv. 301. According to the same writer the Ten-galais
hold that Vishnu's wife is finite, created, and a mediator;
the Vada-galais, that she is infinite, and uncreated.]

[Footnote 74: All Vishnuites have the vertical sign;
Civaites have a horizontal sign (on the forehead).]

[Footnote 75: _Proceed. AOS_. 1894, p. iii. The Vada-school
may be affected by Civaism.]

[Footnote 76: A divine monkey appears in the Rig Veda, but
not as an object of devotion.]

[Footnote 77: The teachers of the Ramaites are generally
Brahmans, but no disciples are excluded because of their
caste. R[=a]m[=a]nuja adopted