CHAPTEE III.
 

PROSPERITY   OF   THE   ARYAS-
BRAHMAVADINS,
 

Importance of sacrificial literature__A sacrifice and its analysis.

—The Sthalip&ka and the Darsha-Pflrma-masa contrasted :
an explanation offered.—The social influence of Sacrifices.—
The period of BrahmavMins—a period of prosperity.—The
country and the tribes.—The action of the system of
Sacrifices on the Aryan community.—General condition
of society,—The Brahmanas, Ksatriyas, Vaishyas, and
Shudras, how characterized in the literature of the times.—
The influence of the Brahmanas.—Theology of the period.—■
The literature of the period.—The state of philosophy.'—
A legend of sacrifice with remarks.—The power of the
Purohitas or the chaplains.—Historical bearing of the
revolution.