Sketch of the Religious Sects of the Hindus c4.6

c4.6

∗ One division of some antiquity, is the preferential appropriation of the four chief divinities to the four original castes; thus *Siva* is the *Adideva* of the Brahmans, *Vishnu* of the *Kshettriyas*, *Brahma'* of the *Vaisyas*, and *Ganesa* of the *Súdras*.