Cooking the World: Ritual and Thought in Ancient India

Cooking the World: Ritual and Thought in Ancient India image
ISBN-10:

0195647181

ISBN-13:

9780195647181

Released: Jan 01, 2000
Publisher: Oxford Univ. Pr.
Format: Paperback, 150 pages
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Description:

The fifteen essays collected in this book deal with various aspects of Vedic and Brahmanic ritual. The author attempts to explore the implications of the classical Hindu definition of man: of all the animals fitted to be sacrificial victims, only man can perform sacrifices.











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