Heat and Sacrifice in the Vedas
Title | Heat and Sacrifice in the Vedas PDF eBook |
Author | Uma Marina Vesci |
Publisher | Motilal Banarsidass Publ. |
Pages | 362 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9788120808416 |
In all religions of the world which maintain sacrificial rituals and in which the portion offered to Gods is given to fire, that portion is normally offered raw except in Vedic India, where its previous cooking is necessary.
Vedic Sacrifices
Title | Vedic Sacrifices PDF eBook |
Author | Sadashiv Ambadas Dange |
Publisher | |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Hinduism |
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Sacred Sacrifice
Title | Sacred Sacrifice PDF eBook |
Author | Rick Franklin Talbott |
Publisher | Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften |
Pages | 376 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | History |
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"Sacred Sacrifice" examines how analogous mythological ideas and the experience of sacred presence during the ritual act created similar ritual paradigms in two non-contiguous cultures. Vedic fire sacrifice, the Horse sacrifice in ancient India and the sacrificial development of the Christian Eucharist serve as examples. This book takes to task theories on sacrifice and ritual that emphasize the psycho-social and functionalist interpretation to the exclusion of the religious. The relationship between myth and ritual, and conscious and unconscious human behavior emerges from this analysis of universal religious structures.
Vedic Sacrifice
Title | Vedic Sacrifice PDF eBook |
Author | Israyēl Celvanāyakam |
Publisher | |
Pages | 334 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Religion |
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This Book Deals With Post-Vedic Developments In Under-Standing The Concept Of Sacrifice (Yajna) And The Response Of The Bhagavad Gita To It. The Book Argues That The Upanishads Present Vedic Ritual Notions Together With The New Teachings Of The Wandering Renouncers (Sramanas) Who Posed A Formidable Challenge To The Ritual Tradition And Its Social Hierarchy.
The Haviryajñāḥ Somāḥ
Title | The Haviryajñāḥ Somāḥ PDF eBook |
Author | Jan Gonda |
Publisher | Elsevier Science & Technology |
Pages | 140 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | Religion |
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The Aśvamedha
Title | The Aśvamedha PDF eBook |
Author | Subhash Kak |
Publisher | Motilal Banarsidass Publishe |
Pages | 88 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Aśvamedha |
ISBN | 9788120818774 |
This book describes the ASVAMEDHA rite and its symbolism to explain distinctive aspects of the Vedic sacrifice system. Several questions related to the Asvamedha are posed and answered in the context of Vedic epistemology. This rite has three important functions: (i) it presents and equivalence of the naksatra year to the heaven, implying that it is rite that celebrates the rebirth of the Sun; (ii) it is symbolic of the conquest of Time by the king, in whose name the rite is performed; and (iii) it is celebration of social harmony achieved by the transcendence of the fundamental conflicts between various sources of power. Numbers from another Vedic rite, the Agnicayana; help in the understanding of several of its details.
Vedic Sacrifices
Title | Vedic Sacrifices PDF eBook |
Author | Sadashiv Ambadas Dange |
Publisher | |
Pages | 294 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Hinduism |
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