Sketch of the Religious Sects of the Hindus c4.12

c4.12

who presumed to dispute that supremacy: in this conflict the worship of BRAHMA' has disappeared,* as well as, indeed, that of the whole pantheon, except VISHNU, SIVA, and SAKTI, or their modifications; with respect to the two former, in fact, the representatives have borne away the palm from the prototypes, and KRISHNA, RA'MA, or the Linga, are almost the only forms under which VISHNU and SIVA are now adored in most parts of India.†