The first extensive treatment of ancestor worship in India in almost 50 years
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Matthew R. Sayers is Assistant Professor of Religion at Lebanon Valley College.
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Zustand: New. Feeding the Dead outlines the early history of ancestor worship in South Asia, from the earliest sources available, the Vedas, up to the descriptions found in the Dharmshastra tradition. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3D; HBJF; HBLA; HRGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276. . 2013. Illustrated. paperback. . . . . Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers V9780199896431
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Soft cover. Zustand: New. Summary: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. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers BGIND180
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Paperback. Zustand: New. Illustrated. Feeding the Dead outlines the early history of ancestor worship in South Asia, from the earliest sources available, the Vedas, up to the descriptions found in the Dharmshastra tradition. Most prior works on ancestor worship have done little to address the question of how shraddha, the paradigmatic ritual of ancestor worship up to the present day, came to be. Matthew R. Sayers argues that the development of shraddha is central to understanding the shift from Vedic to Classical Hindu modes of religious behavior. Central to this transition is the discursive construction of the role of the religious expert in mediating between the divine and the human actor. Both Hindu and Buddhist traditions draw upon popular religious practices to construct a new tradition. Sayers argues that the definition of a religious expert that informs religiosity in the Common Era is grounded in the redefinition of ancestral rites in the Grhyasutras. Beyond making more clear the much misunderstood history of ancestor worship in India, this book addressing the serious question about how and why religion in India changed so radically in the last half of the first millennium BCE. The redefinition of the role of religious expert is hugely significant for understanding that change. This book ties together the oldest ritual texts with the customs of ancestor worship that underlie and inform medieval and contemporary practice. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers LU-9780199896431
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Zustand: New. Feeding the Dead outlines the early history of ancestor worship in South Asia, from the earliest sources available, the Vedas, up to the descriptions found in the Dharmshastra tradition. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3D; HBJF; HBLA; HRGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276. . 2013. Illustrated. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers V9780199896431
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