Sketch of the Religious Sects of the Hindus c5.41

c5.41

The adorers of the female personifications of divine power, appear to have been fully as numerous as at present, and to have worshipped the same objects, or BHAVA'NI', MAHA' LAKSHMI', and SARASWATI': even as personifications of these divinities, however, the worship of SITA' and RA'DHA', either singly, or in conjunction with RA'MA and KRISHNA, never makes its appearance. The worshippers of SAKTI were then, as now, divided into two classes, a right and left hand order, and three subdivisions of the latter are enumerated, who are still well known—the Purnábhishiktas, Akritárthas, and Kritákrityasamas.