VI CONTENTS 



Religious ceremonial objects of Mohammedanism — Continued. Page 



Rites and practices of the Mohammedan religion — 75 



Spread of Mohammedanism 75 



Divisions and sects among the Mohammedans 76 



Mosque ^^ 



Rosaries 86 



The religious ceremonial objects of Hinduism 89 



Introduction 89 



Collection of objects 91 



Objects of worship — Images of the gods 91 



Incarnations (Avatars) of Vishnu 96 



Paraphernalia of worship — temple and utensils 103 



Ascetics 110 



Castes in India 111 



Sacred books of the Hindus 113 



Objects of religious ceremonial of Buddhism 115 



Introduction 115 



Founder of Buddhism 115 



Buddha's doctrines (Dharma) 116 



Buddhist community (Sangha) 118 



Divisions of Buddhism 118 



History of the spread of Buddhism 120 



Collection 123 



Buddhist Pantheon 123 



Images of Buddha 123 



Images of Bodhisattvas and other divine beings 143 



Buddhist scriptures (Dharma) 152 



Buddhist congregation (Sangha) 153 



Saints and priests and their appurtenances 153 



Rosaries 160 



Religious edifices and their paraphernalia 164 



Kakemonos 174 



Miscellaneous objects connected with the religious lore of various 



peoples and countries 176 



Objects of religious ceremonial of Parseeism 180 



Introduction 180 



Parsees 180 



Zoroaster (A vesta, Zarathushtra; Pahlavi texts, Zartusht; 



modern Persian, Zardusht) 181 



Sacred literature of the Parsees 182 



Zoroastrian theology 183 



Zoroastrian ethics 185 



The hereafter, or eschatology in Zoroastrian theology 186 



Collection 188 



Objects of religious ceremonial of Shinto 196 



Introduction 196 



Shinto Pantheon 196 



Symbols or representations ( Mitama-shintai) of the gods 197 



Shinto shrines 199 



Priesthood 199 



Worship 200 



Pilgrimages 200 



History of Shinto 200 



Collection 201 



Index 205 



