Prolegomena to Prakritica et Jainica

Author(s): Satyaranjan Banerjee
Publisher: Asiatic Society

Page 85

68
PROLEGOMENA TO PRAKRITICA et JAINICA
APPENDIX SOME MAJOR RELIGIONS AND RELIGIOUS IDEAS OF THE WORLD
A. MAJOR RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD 1. Christianity
a) Roman Catholic b) Orthodox Catholic c) Protestants
d) Coptic Christians 2. Judaism
a) Jews and Judaism b) Jewish Sects
i) Karaism ii) Cabala
iii) Hasidism 3. Hinduism (Sanātana/Brahmanism) 4. Jainism (Svetāmbara and Digambara) 5. Buddhism (Mahāyāna and Hinayāna) 6. Saivism (Saktism) 7. Yaişņavism 8. Sikhism (Grantha-sahib) 9. Brāhma-ism (propagated by Raja Ram Mohan Ray) 10. Islam (Muslims/Mohammedanism/Sufism) 11. Taoism 12. Confucianism 13. Shintoism 14. Lamaism 15. Zoroastrianism (Religion of the Parsees) 16. Animism 17. Baha'i Faith 18. Druze 19. Pagan Religion
20. Popular Beliefs B. PRIMITIVE RELIGIONS a) 1. Ancestor worship
2. Animal worship 3. Fateshism 4. Magic 5. Human Sacrifice