Feeding the dead ancestor worship in ancient India /
Despite strong associations with the concept of reincarnation, Hinduism, and its Vedic antecedents, exhibit a strong tradition of ancestor worship. This book describes the development of the classic form of ancestral rite, the sraddha, which is still practised in its contemporary form in India today...
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Main Author: | Sayers, Matthew R., |
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Other Authors: | Oxford Scholarship Online. |
Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
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1 online resource. |
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