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082			_a203.4 _bVES/
100			_aVesci, Uma Marina
245		0	_aHeat & sacrifice in the vedas/ _cUma Marina Vesci
260			_aDelhi: _bM.B.Pub., _c1992.
300			_a335 p.
505			_aPART I THE CREATIVITY OF RITUAL HEAT IN THE VEDIC SACRIFICE (SRAUTA YAJNA) ACCORDING TO THE HYMNS (MANTRAS) Chapter One: Preliminary Perspectives on the Problem 1. The Importance of the Sacrificial 'Means' and the Role of Fire with respect to the Divine in the Mediterranean Religions and in India 2. The Role of Ritual Cooking in the Vedic Sacrifice 3. Etymology and Semantics of the words de noting Heat in the Vedas Chapter Two: Ritual Heat as a Source of Energy IN the Rgveda 1. The Texts (fl) The Soma Sacrifice {somayajna) (i) The Horse Sacrifice {c ) The Funeral Rite 2. Some Historico-religious Parallels 3. First Consequences of Ritual Cooking as an Agent of Transformation 4. The Role of Sacred Heat in the Divine World CHAPTbR Three: Ritual Heat as a Source of Energy IN THE AtHARVAVEDA 1. Sacred Heat in the Rite 2. Divinization and 'Cosmicization' of the Offering 3. Prajapati Chapter Four: Ritual Heat AS a Source of Energy in THE YaJURVEDA AND IN ITS BrAHMANAS 1. General Premises Regarding the Effects Obtained by the Sublimation of Ritual Heat 2. In the Rite (a) In General {b) Difference in the Amount of Heat amounting to' difference of obtainrnent 3. Conclusion PART n THE CREATIVITY OF RITUAL HEAT IN SOME VEDIC RITES ACCORDING TO THE BRAHMAIjIAS Chapter Five : Animal Sacrifice (Pa^uyajna or Pa^ubandha) 1. Circumambulatioh of Agni (paryagni) 2. The Torch 3. Blood 4. Omentum {vapd) 5. The Sacrificial Cake {paSupuro^dia) 6. The Cooked Offering (havis) Chapter Six: The First Kindling of the Sacrificial Fire by the Head of the Family (Aonyadhana or Agnyadheya) , 1. Gathering of the Material {sambhara) 2. Preparation of the Fireplaces and Preliminary Rites 3. Kindling of the Sacred Fire Chapter Seven : Construction of the Fire-Altar (Agni- CAYANA OR AgNICITi) 1. The'Foundation Sacrifice' and Baking of the Brick 'Earth' (a) The Myth (b) The Foundation Sacrifice (c) Making the Brick 'Earth' (d) Baking the Brick (e) Agnicayana, half m urti and half altar 2. Making and Baking the Ukhd (a) Gathering of the Material {b) Making the Ukka (c) The Putting of the Ukha into the Furnace (d) The Fumigation of the Ukhd (e) Baking 3. The Use of the Ukhd during the Initiatory Period (diksd) (a) The Transfer of the Fire (b) The Use of the Ukhd during the Diksd (c) The Rite of the Steps of Visnu {visnukramdh) and other Rites Chapter Eight: Ritual Heat in the Pravargya 1. The History of Pravargya (a) The Myth (b) The Interpretation 2. The Intermediate Initiation (avdntaradiksd) 3. Mahdvira and How to Make and Bake it 4. Heating of Mahdvira and Its Place in the Rite (a) Preliminaries of the Rite (b) Kindling of the Sacred Fire (c) Stirring the Sacred Fire {d) Hierophany (e) Adoration (f) The Sacrificial Offering as a Sacramental Meal (g) Sacrificial Creation Through the Three Phases of the Boiling Process 5. Pramrgya as Mystery about to Surpass the Ritual 6. Other Rites in Pravargya Conclusion : Brahmanic Cosmology 1. Transformation of the Divine 2. Transformation of Man: His Immortalization and Divinization
650			_aVéda -- Rites et cérémonies.
650			_aVéda -- Rites et cérémonies.
650			_aSacrifice -- Hindouisme.
942			_cWB16