e Gop[=a]la. Some
of the sects, like the Kart[=a]bh[=a]js, recognize only the
Teacher as God. Williams states that in Bengal a fourth
member has been added to this sect-trinity. On Dancing-girls
see IA. XIII-165.]

[Footnote 84: The philosophical tenet of this sect 'pure
_adv[=a]ita_' (non-duality) distinguishes it from the
qualified duality taught by R[=a]m[=a]nuja. This is a
reversion to Cankara. The C[=a]itanya sect teaches not
absorption but individual existence in a heaven of sensuous
(sensual) pleasure.]

[Footnote 85: "In the temples where the Mah[=a]r[=a]jas
(priests) do homage to the idols men and women do homage to
the Mah[=a]r[=a]jas.... The best mode of propitiating the
god Krishna is by ministering to the sensual appetites of
his vicars upon earth. Body and soul are literally made over
to them, and women are taught to deliver up their persons to
Krishna's representatives," Williams, _loc. cit_. p. 309.]

[Footnote 86: On these sects see Wilson, Hunter (Statistical
Account), Williams, JRAS. xiv. 289. The festival verses in
honor of the Madonna are: "Honor to thee, Devak[=i], who
hast borne Krishna; may the goddess who destroys sin be
satisfied, revered by me. Mother of God art thou, Adit[=i],
destroying sin. I will honor thee as the gods honor thee,"
_etc_. (Weber, _Janm[=a][s.][t.]am[=i]_, p. 286). The
birth-day celebration is not confined to Krishnaites; but in
the R[=a]ma sect, though they celebrate the birth, they do
not represent the man-god as a suckling. In other respects
this feast is imitated from that of Krishna (Weber, p. 310,
note). The R[=a]macandra celebration takes place in the
spring. The birth-day of Ganeca is also celebrated by the
Civaites (in August-September).]

[Footnote 87: He himself claimed to be an incarnate god. He
adopted the qualified non-duality of R[=a]m[=a]nuja. See
Williams' account of him and of the two great temples of the
sect, _loc. cit_.]

[Footnote 88: From Williams, _loc. cit_. p. 291 ff. The
three qualities (sometimes interpreted as activity, purity,
and indifference) are met with for the first time in the
Atharva Veda, where are found the Vedantic 'name' and 'form'
also; Muir, v. p. 309. The three qualities that condition
the idealist Vedantist's personal L