Feeding the Dead outlines the early history of ancestor worship in South Asia, from the earliest sources available, the Vedas, up to the descriptions found in the Dharmshastra tradition.
Feeding the Dead outlines the early history of ancestor worship in South Asia, from the earliest sources available, the Vedas, up to the descriptions found in the Dharmshastra tradition.
Matthew R. Sayers is Assistant Professor of Religion at Lebanon Valley College.
Inhaltsangabe
List of Tables Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1: Ancestral Rites in the Early Vedas Chapter 2: The Solemn Ancestral Rites Chapter 3: The Domestic Rice-ball Sacrifice to the Ancestors Chapter 4: The sraddha-rite Chapter 5: Ancestral Rites in the Buddhist Literature Chapter 6: Soteriology Chapter 7: Mediation Conclusion Appendix Notes Glossary of Sanskrit Terms Bibliography Index
List of Tables Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1: Ancestral Rites in the Early Vedas Chapter 2: The Solemn Ancestral Rites Chapter 3: The Domestic Rice-ball Sacrifice to the Ancestors Chapter 4: The sraddha-rite Chapter 5: Ancestral Rites in the Buddhist Literature Chapter 6: Soteriology Chapter 7: Mediation Conclusion Appendix Notes Glossary of Sanskrit Terms Bibliography Index
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