570 Mr. CoLEBRooKE on the Philosophy of Indian Sectaries. 



the denomination of Pds'upatas belongs, as followers of Pas'i/jjati, another 

 title of Mahesfwara : the third bears the name of Cdrun ica-siddhdntins ; but 

 Ramanuja * assigns to this third branch the appellation of Cdldmuc'hai, .- 

 the fourth is by all termed Cdpdias or Cdpdlicas. 



They appeal for the text of their doctrine to a book, which they esteem 

 holy, considering it to have been revealed by Mahes'wara, Siva, or Pas'u- 

 pati ; all names of the same deity. The work, most usually bearing the 

 latter title, Pas' ujmti-sdslra ( Mahes'wara-siddhdnta, or Sivdgama) is divided 

 into five lectures (ddhydrja), treating of as many categories (paddr(has). 

 The enumeration of tliem will afford occasion for noticing the principal and 

 distinguishing tenets of the sect. 



I. Cdran!a, or cause. The Pd.^iipatas hold, that Is'xvara, the Supreme 

 Being, is the efficient cause of the world, its creator (carta) and super- 

 intending (adhishl'hdtd) or ruling providence ; and not its material cause 

 likewise. They, however, identify the one supreme God, with Siva, or 

 Pasvpati, and give him the title of Mahcs'tcara. 



II. Cdrya or effect : which is nature (pracrili), or plastic matter (prad- 

 hdna), as the universal material principle is by the Pds'upatas denominated, 

 conformably with the terminology of the Sdnc'hyas ; and likevv'ise mahat, the 

 great one, or intelligence, together with the further development of nature, 

 viz. mind, consciousness, the elements, &c. 



III. Yoga, abstraction ; as perseverance in meditation on the syllable um, 

 the mystic name of the deity ; profound contemplation of tlie divine excel- 

 lence, &c. 



IV. Vidhi, enjoined rites •, consisting in acts, by performance of which 

 merit is gained ; as bath, and ablutions, or the use of ashes in their stead ; 

 and divers acts of enthusiasm, as of a person overjoyed and beside himself. 



V. Duhclidnta, termination of ill, or final liberation (mocsha). 



The purpose, for which these categories are taught and explained, is the 

 accomplishment of deliverance from the bondage (bandha) or fetters (pds'a), 

 viz. illusion (tndj/d), &c., in which the living soul (Jiva or dtmd), by this sect 

 termed pasfu, is entangled and confined. For it is here maintained, thatpas'us 

 (living souls) are individual sentient beings, capable of deliverance from evil, 

 through the knowledge of God and the practice of prescribed rites, together 

 with perseverance in profound abstraction. 



• Com. on Br. Suir. 2. 2. 37. 



