The Inflence Of Islam On The Cult Of Bhakti In Medieval India مقاله

The moral principles and the human equality, the bases of Islamic Society, of necessity exercised an influence on the conceptions of their neigh• bours. The religious conditions were favourable to an unconscious penetration of Islamic into Hindu society. Sylvan · Levi," was ' a reaction against the dryness of priestly doctrines ' had restored the original Brahman rites. is doubtful-the learned are not at one in this matter-whether Buddhism and Brahmanism ever struggled with animosity for spiritual supremacy in India. · At the time when the Musulmans reached Indian Brahmanism had completely triumphed over its former rival. To consolidate their influence the Brahmans made a compromise with Buddhist doctrines as well as with pre-Aryan superstitions: ·At that period just as to-day, Hinduism presented a blending of the ritualistic religion of the Vedic age; of the humanitarian princi:eles of Buddha, and of the pre-Aryan superstitions of India.