History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c91.163

v7.c91.163

Our ancestors had a great penchant for classifications, divisions and sub-divisions. Bhakti is divided into *laukikī* (of the common people), *Vaidikī* (laid down by the Veda) and *ādhyātmikī* (philosophical), as in Padma V. 15. 164; or *mānasī* (mental), *vācikī* (verbal) and *kāyikī* (done with the body, such as fasts, vratas &c) in Padma V. 15. 165-168; into Sāttvikī, Rājasī and Tāmasī (as in Bhāgavata III. 29. 7-10 and Padma VI. 126. 4-11), into best, middling and inferior as in Brahmāṇḍa III.¹⁵⁵⁵ 34. 38-41).