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protector of all ceremonies, who enables men to serve their gods in a correct and acceptable manner' (Wilkins,' Hindu Mythology).
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As said before, these three gods are the most prominent among the Hindu deities of the Vedic age; they are not conceived as limited by the powers of the others, and none of them ranks superior to any other, As a matter of fact, the same epithets are used with reference to them all indiscriminately.
The object of the Hindu worship of gods may be gathered from the following verses of Dr. Muir, composed with reference to another of the Vedic gods whose worshipper is promised all that is implied therein :
"All imperfections leave behind:
Assume thy ancient frame once more Each limb and sense thou hadst before, From every earthly taint refiued.
"And now with heavenly glory bright, With life intenser, nobler, blest,
With large capacity to taste
A fuller measure of delight.
"In those fair realms of cloudless day, Where Yama every joy supplies,
And every longing satisfies,
Thy bliss shall never know decay."
Zoroastrianism is the ancient religion of Persia, and is now followed by a section of Indian people, the Parsis (of Persian extraction). The Parsi worship is chiefly devotion to a deity, named Ahura Mazda, who
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