In this paper, I will focus on the construction and promotion of the yajña practice in the different layers of the Ṛgveda Saṃhitā. I will show that in the canonical collection of hymns there are all the data to sustain the proposition that the yajña had become a “practice” through three main purposes: 1) to establish an institutionalized relationship between the practitioner and the client; 2) to gain the consent of a particular social group; 3) to excel among other (brāhmaṇa) responsible for honoring and satisfying the gods. My attempt is to reconstruct the system through which the brāhmaṇas realized their goal to make yajña a symbolic practice for honoring and satisfying gods in the form of the precepts we know from the prose texts.

The function of yajña between practitioners and clients. Rethinking the genesis, appropriation, and control of the practice from the Ṛgveda onwards / Ferrara, Marianna. - STAMPA. - (2016), pp. 147-173.

The function of yajña between practitioners and clients. Rethinking the genesis, appropriation, and control of the practice from the Ṛgveda onwards.

FERRARA, MARIANNA
2016

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In this paper, I will focus on the construction and promotion of the yajña practice in the different layers of the Ṛgveda Saṃhitā. I will show that in the canonical collection of hymns there are all the data to sustain the proposition that the yajña had become a “practice” through three main purposes: 1) to establish an institutionalized relationship between the practitioner and the client; 2) to gain the consent of a particular social group; 3) to excel among other (brāhmaṇa) responsible for honoring and satisfying the gods. My attempt is to reconstruct the system through which the brāhmaṇas realized their goal to make yajña a symbolic practice for honoring and satisfying gods in the form of the precepts we know from the prose texts.
2016
Cross-cutting Asian Studies: an Interdisciplinary Approach.
9788124608692
yajña; Rgveda; leadership; politics; ritual
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The function of yajña between practitioners and clients. Rethinking the genesis, appropriation, and control of the practice from the Ṛgveda onwards / Ferrara, Marianna. - STAMPA. - (2016), pp. 147-173.
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