hor's
_Brahmanism and Hinduism._]

[Footnote 108: Born in 1818.]

[Footnote 109: _ekam[=a]tr[=a]dvit[=i]ya_ (masculine); with
this form contrast below, in the Br[=a]hma Dharma (religion)
of Debendran[=a]th, the neuter _ekam ev[=a]dvit[=i]yam_. The
only God of the first Sam[=a]j; is a person; that of the
reform is exoterically Nature.]

[Footnote 110: But, as will be noticed in the four articles
(which are in part a compilation of phrases from the
Upanishads) the personality of Brahm[=a] is not insisted on
for the outer church. For this reason, although the inner
church doubtless understands It as He, yet this neuter
should be preserved in the translation. The articles are so
drawn up as to enable any deist to subscribe (without
Vedantic belief as a condition of acceptance) to the
essential creed of the Congregation. One or two sentences in
the original will reveal at a glance the origin of the
phraseology: _brahma_ (being) _v[=a] ekam idam-agra
[=a]s[=i]t; tad ida[.m] sarvam as[r.]jal; tad eva nityam,
ekam ev[=a]dvit[=i]yam; tasmia pr[=i]tis ...
tadup[=a]sanam_. Compare Ch[=a]ndogya Upanishad: _sad_
(being) _idam agra [=a]s[=i]d ekam ev[=a]dvit[=i]yam_; and
the V[=a]jasaney[=i]-Br[=a]hmana Upanishad: _brahma v[=a]
idam-agra [=a]s[=i]t_, etc.]

[Footnote 111: It is interesting to see this fervor, or
ecstatic delirium, surviving from the time of the Rig Veda,
where already (albeit only in the latest hymns, which are
quite Brahmanic) flourishes the mad _muni:_ and fervid
ascetism ('heat,'_tapas_) begins to appear as a means of
salvation. RV. x. 109, 136.]

[Footnote 112: "I regard myself as Christ and C[=a]itanya,"
reported by Sen's own missionary as the words of the former.
Sen's disciples deny some of these assertions, but they seem
to be substantiated, and Sen's own language shows that he
claimed miraculous powers. Compare the discussions on this
point, JRAS. xiii. 281 ff.]

[Footnote 113: This was afterwards excused on the ground
that the marriage would not have been legal without these
rites. But Sen presumably was aware of this in advance. From
the performance of the rites he had the decency to absent
himself. It should be said, however, in Sen's behalf, that
the marriage itself had nothing revolting