Sacrifice as action and actions as sacrifices: the role of breath in the internalisation of sacrificial action in the Vedic Brahmanas
Over the last hundred years different attempts have been made to explain why sacrifices have had such a prominent place within many religious traditions. Such theories of sacrifice are sometimes part of a more general theory of (religious) rituals, or a theory of religion in general. In most cases,...
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Donner Institute
2003-01-01
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| Series: | Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis |
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| Online Access: | https://journal.fi/scripta/article/view/67280 |