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|a Sayers, Matthew R.
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|a Feeding the dead
|h Elektronische Ressource
|b ancestor worship in ancient India
|c Matthew R. Sayers
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|a New York
|b Oxford University Press
|c 2013, 2013
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|a 1 online resource
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|a Includes bibliographical references and index
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|a Ancestor worship / India / History
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|a âSråaddha (Hindu rite) / History
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|b OUP
|a Oxford University Press
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|a 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199917471.001.0001
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|u http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199917471.001.0001?nosfx=y
|x Verlag
|3 Volltext
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|a 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. The author outlines the process whereby the domestic concern about sustaining one's Ancestors in heaven is incorporated into the Vedic ritual cycle and the codification of the domestic rituals of ancestor worship in the Ghyasatras, the domestic ritual manuals
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