[Footnote 430: _E.g._ Theragâthâ, 818-841 and 1231-1245.] [Footnote 431: I. 2.] [Footnote 432: They are called the Śândilya Sûtras and appear to be not older than about the twelfth century A.D., but the tradition which connects them with the School of Śândilya may be just, for the teaching of this sage (Chândog. Up. III. 14) lays stress on will and belief. Râmânuja (Śrîbhâshya, II. 2. 43) refers to Śândilya as the alleged author of the Pâncarâtra. There are other Bhakti sûtras called Nâradiya and ascribed to Nârada, published and translated in _The Sacred Books of the Hindus_, No. 23. They consist of 84 short aphorisms. Raj. Mitra in his notices of Sanskrit MSS. describes a great number of modern works dealing with Bhakti.] [Footnote 433: Yet it is found in Francis Thompson's poem called _Any Saint_ So best God loves to jest With children small, a freak Of heavenly hide and seek Fit For thy wayward wit.] [Footnote 434: Pope, _The History of Manikka-Vaçagar_, p. 23. For the 64 sports of Śiva see Siddhanta Dipika, vol. IX.] [Footnote 435: _E.g._ Râmânuja, Nammâṛvâr, Basava.] [Footnote 436: Apparently meaning "possessor of cows," and originally a title of the youthful Kṛishṇa. It is also interpreted as meaning Lord of the Vedas or Lord of his own senses.] [Footnote 437: _E.g._ the beginning of the Chând. Up. about the syllable _Om._ See too the last section of the Aitareya Âran. The Yoga Upanishads analyse and explain _Om_ and some Vishnuite Upanishads (Nṛisiṃha and Râmatâ-panîya) enlarge on the subject of letters and diagrams.] [Footnote 438: The same idea pervades the old literature in a slightly different form. The parts of the sacrifice are constantly identified with parts of the universe or of the human body.] [Footnote 439: The cakras are mentioned in Act V of Mâlatî and Mâdhava written early in the eighth century. The doctrine of the nâḍîs occurs in the older Upanishads (_e.g._ Chând. and Maitrâyaṇa) in a rudimentary form.] CHAPTER XXVII THE EVOLUTION OF HINDUISM. BHÂGAVATAS AND PÂŚUPATAS 1