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OF THE HINDUS.
stances, affect to treat the Brahmans with particular contempt, and this is generally repaid with interest by the Brahmans. A portion, though not a large one, of the populace is still attached to the Smarta Brahmans, as their spiritual guides, and are so far distinct from any of the sects we shall have to specify, whilst most of the followers, even of the sects, pay the ordinary deference to the Brahmanical order, and especially evince towards the Brahmans of their own fellowship, of whom there is generally abundance, the devotedness and submission which the original Hindu Code so perpetually inculcates.
Excluding, therefore, those who may be regarded as the regular worshippers of regular gods, we have the following enumeration of the several species of each class:
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VAISHNAVAS.
1 Rámánujas, or Śrí Sampradayís, or Śrí Vaishnavas. 2 Rámánandís, or Rámávats.
3 Kabir Panthis.
4 Khákís.
5 Malúk Dásís.
6 Dádú Panthis.
7 Ráya Dásís.
8 Senáís.
9 Vallabháchárís, or Rudra Sampradayís. 10 Mírá Báís.
11 Madhwáchárís, or Brahma Sampradayís. 12 Nímávats, or Sanakádi Sampradayís. 13 The Vaishnavas of Bengal.
