Sketch of the Religious Sects of the Hindus c5.29

c5.29

The Chakrinas, or Pancharátrakas were, in fact, Sáktas of the Vaishnava class, worshipping the female personifications of VISHNU, and observing the ritual of the Pancharátra Tantra : they still remain, but scarcely individualised, being confounded with the worshippers of KRISHNA and RA'MA on the one hand, and those of Sakti or Deví on the other.