The head beneath the altar : Hindu mythology and the critique of sacrifice / Brian Collins.
In the beginning, says the ancient Hindu text the Rg Veda, was man. And from man's sacrifice and dismemberment came the entire world, including the hierarchical ordering of human society. The Head Beneath the Altar is the first book to present a wide-ranging study of Hindu texts read through th...
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| Language: | English |
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East Lansing :
Michigan State University Press,
[2014]
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| Series: | Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture.
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments; Introduction; Rivalries; Priests and Kings, Oaths and Duels; Epic Variations on a Mimetic Theme; Meaning: The Secret Heart of the Sacred; Yajñānta: The End of Sacrifice; Notes; Bibliography; Index.