The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c14.s9.t7.5

c14.s9.t7.5

It is interesting to observe that in Śivāji's times (1626-80) the European mentality was used to such conceptions of Divine incarnation in regard to the political emancipation of certain territories from the tyranny of an impossible despot. The legends afloat in the Dutch atmosphere in the period of unrest and rebellion against Louis XIV enable us to realize how William of Orange was virtually looked forward to as one of the *avatāras* or Divine incarnations such as had been popular in the Old Testament stories.