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Heat & sacrifice in the vedas/ (Record no. 158328)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number	812080841x
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Transcribing agency	CUS
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number	203.4
Item number	VES/
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name	Vesci, Uma Marina
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title	Heat & sacrifice in the vedas/
Statement of responsibility, etc.	Uma Marina Vesci
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc.	Delhi:
Name of publisher, distributor, etc.	M.B.Pub.,
Date of publication, distribution, etc.	1992.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent	335 p.
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note	PART I<br/>THE CREATIVITY OF RITUAL HEAT IN<br/>THE VEDIC SACRIFICE (SRAUTA YAJNA)<br/>ACCORDING TO THE HYMNS (MANTRAS)<br/>Chapter One: Preliminary Perspectives on the<br/>Problem<br/>1. The Importance of the Sacrificial 'Means' and<br/>the Role of Fire with respect to the Divine in<br/>the Mediterranean Religions and in India<br/>2. The Role of Ritual Cooking in the Vedic<br/>Sacrifice<br/>3. Etymology and Semantics of the words de<br/>noting Heat in the Vedas<br/>Chapter Two: Ritual Heat as a Source of Energy<br/>IN the Rgveda<br/>1. The Texts<br/>(fl) The Soma Sacrifice {somayajna)<br/>(i) The Horse Sacrifice<br/>{c ) The Funeral Rite<br/>2. Some Historico-religious Parallels<br/>3. First Consequences of Ritual Cooking as an<br/>Agent of Transformation<br/>4. The Role of Sacred Heat in the Divine World<br/>CHAPTbR Three: Ritual Heat as a Source of Energy<br/>IN THE AtHARVAVEDA<br/>1. Sacred Heat in the Rite<br/>2. Divinization and 'Cosmicization' of the<br/>Offering<br/>3. Prajapati<br/>Chapter Four: Ritual Heat AS a Source of Energy in<br/>THE YaJURVEDA AND IN ITS BrAHMANAS<br/>1. General Premises Regarding the Effects<br/>Obtained by the Sublimation of Ritual Heat<br/>2. In the Rite<br/>(a) In General<br/>{b) Difference in the Amount of Heat amounting to'<br/>difference of obtainrnent<br/>3. Conclusion<br/>PART n<br/>THE CREATIVITY OF RITUAL HEAT IN<br/>SOME VEDIC RITES ACCORDING TO<br/>THE BRAHMAIjIAS<br/>Chapter Five : Animal Sacrifice<br/>(Pa^uyajna or Pa^ubandha)<br/>1. Circumambulatioh of Agni (paryagni)<br/>2. The Torch<br/>3. Blood<br/>4. Omentum {vapd)<br/>5. The Sacrificial Cake {paSupuro^dia)<br/>6. The Cooked Offering (havis)<br/>Chapter Six: The First Kindling of the Sacrificial<br/>Fire by the Head of the Family<br/>(Aonyadhana or Agnyadheya) ,<br/>1. Gathering of the Material {sambhara)<br/>2. Preparation of the Fireplaces and Preliminary<br/>Rites<br/>3. Kindling of the Sacred Fire<br/>Chapter Seven : Construction of the Fire-Altar (Agni-<br/>CAYANA OR AgNICITi)<br/>1. The'Foundation Sacrifice' and Baking of the<br/>Brick 'Earth'<br/>(a) The Myth<br/>(b) The Foundation Sacrifice<br/>(c) Making the Brick 'Earth'<br/>(d) Baking the Brick<br/>(e) Agnicayana, half m urti and half altar<br/>2. Making and Baking the Ukhd<br/>(a) Gathering of the Material<br/>{b) Making the Ukka<br/>(c) The Putting of the Ukha into the Furnace<br/>(d) The Fumigation of the Ukhd<br/>(e) Baking<br/>3. The Use of the Ukhd during the Initiatory<br/>Period (diksd)<br/>(a) The Transfer of the Fire<br/>(b) The Use of the Ukhd during the Diksd<br/>(c) The Rite of the Steps of Visnu {visnukramdh)<br/>and other Rites<br/>Chapter Eight: Ritual Heat in the Pravargya<br/>1. The History of Pravargya<br/>(a) The Myth<br/>(b) The Interpretation<br/>2. The Intermediate Initiation (avdntaradiksd)<br/>3. Mahdvira and How to Make and Bake it<br/>4. Heating of Mahdvira and Its Place in the<br/>Rite<br/>(a) Preliminaries of the Rite<br/>(b) Kindling of the Sacred Fire<br/>(c) Stirring the Sacred Fire<br/>{d) Hierophany<br/>(e) Adoration<br/>(f) The Sacrificial Offering as a Sacramental<br/>Meal<br/>(g) Sacrificial Creation Through the Three<br/>Phases of the Boiling Process<br/>5. Pramrgya as Mystery about to Surpass<br/>the Ritual<br/>6. Other Rites in Pravargya<br/>Conclusion : Brahmanic Cosmology<br/>1. Transformation of the Divine<br/>2. Transformation of Man: His Immortalization<br/>and Divinization<br/>
650 ## - SUBJECT
Keyword	Véda -- Rites et cérémonies.
650 ## - SUBJECT
Keyword	Véda -- Rites et cérémonies.
650 ## - SUBJECT
Keyword	Sacrifice -- Hindouisme.
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type	General Books

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Withdrawn status	Lost status	Damaged status	Not for loan	Home library	Current library	Shelving location	Date acquired	Full call number	Accession number	Date last seen	Date last checked out	Koha item type
				Central Library, Sikkim University	Central Library, Sikkim University	General Book Section	29/08/2016	203.4 VES/	P13157	14/07/2018	14/07/2018	General Books