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Subject(s)

• Indo-Aryans—History [Browse]
• Indo-Aryans—Origin [Browse]
• Hindu civilization [Browse]
• Vedas—Criticism, interpretation, etc [Browse]

Summary note

The question of the original home of the Aryans and their migrations to India is only part of the problem of their ""elusiveness."" Their subsequent assimilation and nativization in India also contributed to this elusive quality. This socio-cultural process can be traced through a study of their gods, rituals, and philosophy. Thus changes in the nature and function of Rgvedic gods; the appearance of upstart gods in the late Rgvedic period; the elaboration of the soma ritual with elaborate supplementary rituals; the introduction of the new ritual of Agnicayana; the rise of the eschatology of ""

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-279) and index.

Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; PART II; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

ISBN

• 1443860328 (hardback)
• 9781443860321 (hardback)

OCLC

890675893

RCP

H - S

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