Search for dissertations about: "brahmana"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the word brahmana.

2. 1. The efficacy of sacrifice : correspondences in the Ŗgvedic Brāhmaņas

   Author : Clemens Cavallin; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : Sacrifice; Veda; brahmana; efficacy; ritual; ontology; metaphysics; breath; correspondence; nominal sentence; identification;

   Abstract : Sacrifice is a major topic in the study of religious rituals, and one of the issues debated is its possible efficacy. In this study, the need for multiple approaches is acknowledged, but the focus is on the world-view in which a sacrificial practice is embedded, and more specifically on the basic ontological questions that are of importance for it. READ MORE