Hindu Theogony. 



15. The Sapta Dwi'pas or divisions of the ancient world, ruled by the sons of 

 Priyabrata, king of Antarve'oa. 



Newer division. 



Cldfst division. 

 Jambudwlpa, India. 



Angadwipa, Nipal ? 

 Yamadwifja, Assam, Ava ? 

 Yamaladwlpa, Malaya. 

 Sankhadivlpa, Africa. 

 Kushudwipa, Assyria. 

 Vardhadwipa, Europe. 



Jambudwlpa, India. 



Plakshadwipa, Asia minor, W. 



Salmalidwipa, Ceylon ? W. 



Kushadwipa, Assyria, Persia, &c. 



Karanchadwipa, near the Baltic ? W. 



Sdkadwipa, part of Kushadwipa, Britain? W. 



Puskaradwipa, .. ditto Ireland? W. 



16. The Four Vedas. 



1 The Rig veda. 



2 The Yajur veda. 



3 The Soma veda. 



4 The Atharva veda. 



17. The Four Upave'das. 



1 



The Ayush, 



medicine. 



2 



The Gandharva, 



music. 



3 



The Dhanush, . . 



warfare. 



4 



The Sthdpatya, 



mechanics 



18. The Six Angas, or bodies of learning. 



1 Siksha, 



pronunciation. 



4 Khandas, 



prosody. 



2 Kalpa, 



religious acts. 



5 Jyotish, 



astronomy. 



3 Vydkarana, 



grammar. 



6 Nirukti, 



interpretation of V£das 



19. The Four Upa'ngas. 



1 Purdna, history, comprising the 18 puranas. 



2 Nyaya, logic, and the principles of knowledge. 



3 Mimdnsd, religious principles and duties. 



4 Dhrma shdstra, law, human and divine. 



20. The Eighteen Pura'nas. 



1 



Brahma-pur dna. 



10 



2 



Padma, or lotus. 



11 



5 



Brahmanda, egg of Brahma. 



12 



4 



Agneya, or Agni, fire. 



13 



5 



Vaishnava, or Vishnu -purina. 



14 



6 



Garuda, Vishnu's bird. 



15 



7 



Brahmavaivarta, or transformations "1 

 of Krishna (as the supreme). J 



16 





17 



8 



Saiva, or of Siva. 



18 



9 



Linga purana. 





Ndradiya. 



Scanda. 



Mdrkandtya. 



Bhavishya, prophetic. 



Mdtsya, or the fish. 



Vdrdha, or boar. 



Kaurma, or Kurma, tortoise. 



Vdmana, or dwarf. 



Bhdgavat, or life of Krishna. 



21. The six Principal Sects of the Hindus. 



1 Saiva, worshippers of Siva, in his thousand forms. 



2 Vaisnava, Vishnu. 



3 Sauriya, Surya, or the Sun. 



4 Ganapatya, Ganesha. 



5 Sacta, Bhaw&ni, or P&rvati. 



6 Bhagavati, who recognize all 5 divinities equally. 



