The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c10.s4.3

c10.s4.3

De la Vallée Poussin is, generally speaking, right in his estimate to the effect that Śākyaism arose in a profound Brāhmaṇized region where the influence of Brahmā was preponderant. The religious like of the Śākyan is called *Brahmacharya*. The Śākyan saint is the "true *Brāhmaṇa*." Śākyan saints are the "*Āryas*." The four Śākyan truths are the "*Ārya* truths."