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72 Hinduism. General Observations.
7. Ancestor-worship. 8. Animal-worship. 9. Plant-worship
and Tree-worship. 10. Worship of natural objects, both
those which move, such as the sun, moon, rivers, etc., and
those which are fixed and immovable (jada), such as rocks,
stocks, stones, etc.
Six other topics will follow:—1. The Hindu religion in
ancient family-life. 2. The Hindu religion in modern family-
life. 3. Hindu fasts, festivals, and holy days. 4. Hindu
temples, shrines, and sacred places. 5. Hindu caste in rela-
tion to industrial occupations. 6. Modern Hindu Theism.
It may be well to note here, for the benefit of those to
whom such expressions as Saiva, Vaishnava, etc. may appear
strange, that it is usual in Sanskrit to convert a substantive
into an adjective, by modifying or lengthening the vowel of
the first syllable. Hence Saiva and Vaishnava are merely the
adjective forms of Siva and Vishnu.
7. Ancestor-worship. 8. Animal-worship. 9. Plant-worship
and Tree-worship. 10. Worship of natural objects, both
those which move, such as the sun, moon, rivers, etc., and
those which are fixed and immovable (jada), such as rocks,
stocks, stones, etc.
Six other topics will follow:—1. The Hindu religion in
ancient family-life. 2. The Hindu religion in modern family-
life. 3. Hindu fasts, festivals, and holy days. 4. Hindu
temples, shrines, and sacred places. 5. Hindu caste in rela-
tion to industrial occupations. 6. Modern Hindu Theism.
It may be well to note here, for the benefit of those to
whom such expressions as Saiva, Vaishnava, etc. may appear
strange, that it is usual in Sanskrit to convert a substantive
into an adjective, by modifying or lengthening the vowel of
the first syllable. Hence Saiva and Vaishnava are merely the
adjective forms of Siva and Vishnu.