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the ethnological notebooks of karl marx - Marxists Internet Archive

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In Bengal 2 distinct sects unter <strong>the</strong> Muhammedans, Sunis u. Shias; both a gooddeal given to observances u. practices <strong>of</strong> Hinduism; <strong>the</strong> Bengali Musulmdnis nothing but a roughly converted Hindu. In d. besten u. fruchtbarstenTheilen des Delta d. mohammedan. Element über 60% d. Bevölkerg,, im rest<strong>of</strong> Bengal Proper ist es 30-40%; in einigen districts d. villages ganzmuhammed. od. ganz Hindu, aber more commonly hat jedes village seinMahommed. Quarter u. sein Hindu quarter (91, 92)Viele sects auch unter d. Hindus (92) pretty universally in <strong>the</strong> rural villagesBoistobs (mit immense number <strong>of</strong> varieties u. subdivisions), Saktas, Sivas,Ganapatyas etc. (93) D. chief development d. Boistobs - deren Vishnu ist<strong>the</strong> Brahma (Krishna eine seiner incarnations) originated mit Chaitanya,who preached purity, meditation, and <strong>the</strong> equality <strong>of</strong> all men, without distinction<strong>of</strong> sect or caste, before God. And a certain freedom from castetrammels, and disregard <strong>of</strong> religious observances, with an appreciation <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong> importance <strong>of</strong> conduct, still seem to characterise <strong>the</strong> sect. The Boistobshave been, and even now are being, recruited from all castes, but takentoge<strong>the</strong>r in all <strong>the</strong>ir varieties ... are commonly reckoned as a sort <strong>of</strong> caste by<strong>the</strong>mselves. (94)D. Saktas vielleicht d. majority der village inhabitants; jetzt a great dealunited with <strong>the</strong> Saivas, die upon Siva (<strong>the</strong> Destroyer) look as <strong>the</strong> primaryand more exalted form <strong>of</strong> Brahma u. d Saktas speciell verehren d. divinenature in its activity, <strong>the</strong> female forms <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> supreme deity, as Durga od.139 Kali. D. Sivaite u. Sakta worship | in a marked degree a worship <strong>of</strong>dogma, gorgeous ceremony u. bloody sacrifices etc. D. Boistobs denSaktas gegenüber “Protestanten” . (94, 95)D. monastic order is celibate u. in great degree erratic od. mendicant,hat aber anchorage places u. headquarters in <strong>the</strong> maths (UrsprünglichBedeutung von math scheint Cell oder Chamber wie von Eremit);heutzutag typisch math ist an endowed temple or shrine mit a dwelling placefor a superior (<strong>the</strong> Mohant) u. his disciples (Chelas); d. endowment d.math entweder result <strong>of</strong> a private dedication, oder aber <strong>of</strong> a grant by ana

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