Aśvamedha and purusamedha in ancient India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4373331 |
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| Authors | Nicolas Wyatt (New College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-11 |
| Publication date | 1989-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0048-721X • E-ISSN: 1096-1151 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1016/0048-721x(89)90073-0 |
| OpenAlex | W2078567460 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
The Aśvamedha is examined, and its double nature noted—a combination of sacrificial and hierogamic rites of cosmogony. Its relationship with the Purusamedha is examined, and it is proposed that the latter was no mere ‘theoretical rite’ as widely supposed, but predated the former, and was transformed into it following the Āryan settlement in India, as a second function adaptation of a first function rite appropriate to military expansion
Adaptation (eye) · Ancient history · Art · Cosmogony · Function (biology) · Literature · Rite · Rite of passage · Settlement (finance) · Theology · Ancient Near East History · Computer Science · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Philosophy · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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