I.I£CTURF. THE SECOND.

The Ilicmtic Rciig,-;io1i.——'I‘]1c i‘;mth«:nn of thc \-’cd:1.

Iv‘umI.'um-ntul trails: nf 1-uriy \'mh'«- rx-lininu P-‘Ii-1' vi:-W L110I‘|;A[,urL‘I)fVL'(“l‘]IlIl'U’:y' 'l'lu- Ki):-\'<'-I: vi :::u'Iit ':|I pm'ti'y--I)iliir1ilLy of uu:1«r::1.:uu1iug Hm ritual r1i.n‘- an-lur of the I\'i),'-\'<-41:4-——I'uL 'y lxln-::-u-vl In llw limldv 1):L\\'n—A hynm tn the I-mt ~'i'lm umlaiv Dawn us the symlml of lilmruhly . L tlw . iiiww Sunni: crmm-ous 1-stiinzitvs of Go-irin ' Imwn ~A):tii l'!i<- sun nf “Bzxk.-‘.liuL-sh ”~—I’r:u-ticulpI1i1ms::-«1 uf \'mii-~ pm-tr 'I'lu- Rig-Vexizn v.~nnL:iin.~: the rL'ii;1inn of mu ll]I])('l' c --mi » The ritual of 1111- Rig-Vi.-c1:s—’!'liv i1f»ri-h_\'nn1e4 duru- ivcxrship the In-yn<»tu Hf Hm Rig:-\'u:|u Ind vIixn.'m- zmd nature-wurshi]1-Vexliu uml Ilvllmiit-. ix1_\'LI|ulngy cumpzzri-d——Arrr,~'tu1 nnLhrn1mmor[:hi::m-—IMinilimi M the ward I‘:Ln1.|u'nn as :|[)pii4Hi Ln lhc \'mI:r-—I-‘nully cI:u;%ific:Ltim1s of the Vt-div Lru<l:.-——(‘iiruimkuyy r-1' Lin- go<Is—-Dimurcnt: :1:-gr:-L-s of L‘(‘Fi..1|ilN.y ulmnl. (hr nrixzin of the gods—-Classification of the gods in Li1(‘ME I('v.‘Ll1!‘l‘.‘¢.

HE religion which is contained in thc bulk of the so-called “revealed "(;rauta) Vcdic iitcm- turn, that is in the main body of the hymns of the Rig-Veda, the Yajur-Veda, the Sama-Veda, and the Brahmanas, is a hieratic or priestly religion. As re- gards its mechanism, or its external practices, it is

unmistakably Iiturgic or ritualistic. As regards its 60