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4411:, Quote: "The homa, the ritual offering of food in a fire, has had a prolific career in Asia over the course of more than three millennia. In various forms, rites of this type have become a part of most of the religions that arose in India as well as their extensions and offsprings from Samarqand to Japan. All of these homas ultimately descend from those of the Vedic religions, but at no point has the homa been stable. (...) The rules of Vedic fire offerings have come down to us in two parallel systems. A few of the later exegetical passages (brahmana) in the Vedas refer to cooked food (paka) offerings contrasted with the multiple-fire ritual otherwise being prescribed. (...) several ways in which a homa employing a cooked offering (pakayajana) can be distinguished from a Srauta offering (...)" 4058:, states Brian Smith, were a movement towards the demise of the Śrauta-style social rituals and the worldview these rites represented. The Upanishadic doctrines were not a culmination, but a destruction of Vedic ritualism. This had a lasting influence on the Indian religions that gained prominence in the 1st millennium BCE, not only in terms of the Vedanta and other schools of Hindu philosophy that emerged, but also in terms of Buddhist and Jaina influence among the royal class of the ancient Indian society. 4067:, one might say, blew the lid off a system contained, as well as regulated, by hierarchical resemblance. The formulation of a monistic philosophy of ultimate identity – arguably one indication of Vedism dissipating and reforming into a new systematic vision of the world and its fundamental principles – was born outside the normative classification schema of Vedic social life and became institutionalized as a counterpoint to life in the world. 3920:(non-violence principle), or merely a means to preserve the number of cattle, or lack of availability of sacrificial animals. However, according to Grover, the ancient text suggests that "animal sacrifice was given up", and offering had become "vegetable, grains, milk and ghee". The view that ancient Vedic texts had begun asserting that vegetable offerings were as efficient as animal offerings, for certain sacrifices, is shared by 3969:
augmenting a family's single fire Grihya system to a three fire Śrauta system. The community that continues to teach the Śrauta tradition to the next generation also teaches the Smarta tradition, the choice left to the youth. The Andhra tradition may be, states Knipe, rooted in the ancient Apstamba Śrauta and Grihya Sutras. In the Andhra traditions, after one has established the routine of the twice-daily routine of
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The Śrauta Agnihotra sacrifice thus evolved into Prana-Agnihotra sacrifice concept. Heesterman describes the pranagnihotra sacrifice as one where the practitioner performs the sacrifice with food and his own body as the temple, without any outside help or reciprocity, and this ritual allows the Hindu
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In the Upanishads, one might be witnessing the conclusion of Vedism, not in the sense of its culmination but in the sense of its destruction. In the proto-Vedantic view, the universe and ritual order based on resemblance has collapsed, and a very different configuration based on identity has emerged.
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The Vedic rituals, states Burde, can be "divided into Śrauta and Gṛhya rituals". Śrauta rites relating to public ceremonies were relegated to the Śrautasutras, while most Vedic rituals relating to rites of passage and household ceremonies were incorporated in the Gṛhyasūtras (literally, homely; also
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means "cord", and these texts are "rules of the cord". They provide, states Kim Plofker, what in modern mathematical terminology would be called "area preserving transformations of plane figures", tersely describing geometric formulae and constants. Five śulbasutras have survived through history, of
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ritual is a form of quid pro quo where through the fire ritual, a sacrificer offered something to the gods, and the sacrificer expected something in return. The Vedic ritual consisted of sacrificial offerings of something edible or drinkable, such as milk, clarified butter, yoghurt, rice, barley, an
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The Śrauta rituals were complex and expensive, states Robert Bellah, and "we should not forget that the rites were created for royalty and nobility". A Brahmin, adds Bellah, would need to be very rich to sponsor and incur the expense of an elaborate Śrauta rite. In ancient times, through the middle
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According to Witzel, "the Pasubandha or "Animal Sacrifice" is also integrated into the Soma ritual, and involves the killing of an animal." The killing was considered inauspicious, and "bloodless" suffocation of the animal outside the offering grounds was practiced. The killing was viewed as a form
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Bodewitz states that this reflects the stage in ancient Indian thought where "the self or the person as a totality became central, with the self or soul as the manifestation of the highest principle or god". This evolution marked a shift in spiritual rite from the external to the internal, from
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traditions, states Phyllis Granoff, with their texts appropriating the "ritual eclecticism" of Hindu traditions, albeit with variations that evolved through the medieval times. The homa-style Vedic sacrifice ritual, states Musashi Tachikawa, was absorbed into Mahayana Buddhism and homa rituals
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Knipe has published a book on Śrauta practices from rural Andhra. The Śrauta ritual system, states Knipe, "is an extended one, in the sense that a simple domestic routine has been replaced by one far more demanding on the religious energies of the sacrificer and his wife," and is initiated by
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layers of the Vedas. These include rituals related to fire, full moon, new moon, soma, animal sacrifice, as well as seasonal offerings made during Vedic times. These rituals and ceremonies in the Brahmanas texts are mixed and difficult to follow. A clearer description of the ritual procedures
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sutras were probably composed by the sixth century BCE, starting about the same time as the Brahmana layer of the Vedas were composed and most ritual sutras were complete by around 300 BCE. They were attributed to famous Vedic sages in the Hindu tradition. These texts are written aphoristic
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The Śrauta rituals varied in complexity. The first step of a Śrauta ritual was making of an altar, then the initiation of fire, next of Havir-yajnas recitations, then offering of milk or drinkable liquid drops into the fire, then prayers all with mantras.
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According to Alexis Sanderson, Śrauta ceremonies declined from the fifth to the thirteenth century CE. This period saw a shift from Śrauta sacrifices to charitable grant of gifts such as giving cows, land, issuing endowments to build temples and
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Quote: A thorough interpretation of the Śrauta ritual that uses a wealth of Vedic descriptions and contemporaneous native interpretation is a desideratum. Though begun a hundred years ago (...), a comprehensive interpretation still is
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or popular, states Lubin). However, the Gṛhyasūtras also added many new non-Śrauta ceremonies over time. The śrautasūtras generally focus on large expensive public ceremonies, while gṛhyasūtras focus on householders and
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of 1st millennium CE, events such as royal consecration sponsored the Śrauta rites, and thereafter they declined as alternative rites such as temple and philanthropic actions became more popular with the royalty.
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Sanderson, Alexis (2009). "The Śaiva Age: The Rise and Dominance of Śaivism during the Early Medieval Period (University of Tokyo Institute of Oriental Culture Special Series, 23)". In Einoo, Shingo (ed.).
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Sanderson, Alexis (2009). "The Śaiva Age: The Rise and Dominance of Śaivism during the Early Medieval Period (University of Tokyo Institute of Oriental Culture Special Series, 23)". In Einoo, Shingo (ed.).
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Sanderson, Alexis (2009). "The Śaiva Age: The Rise and Dominance of Śaivism during the Early Medieval Period (University of Tokyo Institute of Oriental Culture Special Series, 23)". In Einoo, Shingo (ed.).
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The śrautasūtra ceremonies are usually elaborate and require the services of multiple priests, while gṛhyasūtra rituals can be performed without or with the assistance of a priest in the Hindu traditions.
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sutra literature. Their topics include instructions relating to the use of the śruti corpus in great rituals and the correct performance of these major vedic ceremonies, are same as those found in the
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Manava-sutra (§), Bharadvaja-sutra (¶), Vadhuna-sutra (¶), Vaikhanasa-sutra (¶), Laugakshi-sutra (¶), Maitra-sutra (¶), Katha-sutra (¶), Varaha-sutra (¶), Apastamba-sutra (§), Baudhayana-sutra (§)
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by Frits Staal in 1975. According to Axel Michaels, the homa sacrifice rituals found in modern Hindu and Buddhist contexts evolved as a simpler version of the Vedic Śrauta ritual.
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at śrauta ceremonies of Hinduism from ancient times have been suggested by a number of scholars such as Mary McGee, Stephanie Jamison, Katherine Young, and Laurie Patton.
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Nicholas Dirks (1976), Political Authority and Structural Change in Early South Indian History, Indian Economic and Social History Review, Volume 13, pages 144–157
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state that the squares of any rectangle's width and length add up to the square of its diagonal. This is known in Eastern Mediterranean literature as the
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Most Śrauta rituals are rarely performed in the modern era. Some Śrauta traditions have been observed and studied by scholars, as in the rural parts of
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specialise in conducting rituals according to the śruti corpus of texts, in contrast to smarta brahmins, known for conducting rituals according to
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mahārāj who employed south Indian priests. The sacrifice was described by Smith to be a "ludicrous debacle" in terms of adherence to ritual rules.
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to "stay in the society while maintaining his independence from it", its simplicity thus marks the "end station of Vedic ritualism".
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public performance through srauta-like rituals to performance in thought through introspection, from gods in nature to gods within.
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Yajña, sacrifice, is an act by which we surrender something for the sake of the gods. Such an act must rest on a sacred authority (
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The discussions about substituting animal sacrifice with vegetarian offering, states Usha Grover, appear in section 1.2.3 of the
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animal, or anything of value, offered to the gods with the assistance of fire priests. This Vedic tradition split into Śrauta (
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style, and therefore are taxonomies or terse guidebooks rather than detailed manuals or handbooks for any ceremony.
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or vedic fire sacrifice ritual, in Indian context, became a distinct feature of the early śruti (Vedic) rituals. A
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s are appendices in the śrautasūtras and deal with the mathematical methodology to construct geometries for the
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James Lochtefeld (2002), "Kalpa" in The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Vol. 1: A-M, Rosen Publishing,
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The Śrauta rituals, states Michael Witzel, are an active area of study and are incompletely understood.
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Latyayana-sutra (§), Drahyayana-sutra (§), Nidana-sutra (§), Pushpa-sutra (§), Anustotra-sutra (§)
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Smith, Frederick M. "Indra Goes West: Report on a Vedic Soma Sacrifice in London in July 1996".
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Henk Bodewitz (1997), Jaiminīya Brāhmaṇa I, 1–65: Translation and Commentary, Brill Academic,
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have been reported by David Knipe, and an elaborate śrauta ceremony was video recorded in
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is probably the oldest text in the śrautasūtra genre, and includes in its appendix a
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rite. After the agniṣṭoma, one is eligible to perform more extensive soma rites and
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Robert Hume (Translator), Oxford University Press, pp. 302–303, 307–310, 327–328
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continue to be performed in some Buddhist traditions in Tibet, China and Japan.
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religion. The tradition reflects a ritual eclecticism for fire and cooked food (
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corpus of texts, and Śrauta Brahmin traditions in modern times can be seen in
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Other people's rituals: Ritual Eclecticism in early medieval Indian religious
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The first soma Śrauta ritual to be conducted outside of South Asia was in
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which opens by describing human body as the "divine city of Brahman".
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With time, scholars of ancient India composed Upanishads, such as the
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More complex Śrauta rituals were based on moon's cycle (
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The Śrautasūtras differ from the smārtasūtra based on
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2254: 2253: 2248: 2243: 2238: 2236:Upasni Maharaj 2233: 2228: 2223: 2218: 2213: 2208: 2203: 2198: 2193: 2188: 2183: 2178: 2173: 2168: 2163: 2158: 2153: 2148: 2143: 2138: 2133: 2128: 2123: 2118: 2113: 2108: 2103: 2098: 2093: 2088: 2082: 2081: 2078: 2075: 2074: 2069: 2064: 2062:Vedanta Desika 2059: 2054: 2049: 2044: 2039: 2034: 2029: 2024: 2019: 2014: 2009: 2004: 1999: 1994: 1989: 1984: 1982:Samarth Ramdas 1979: 1974: 1969: 1964: 1959: 1954: 1949: 1944: 1939: 1934: 1932:Purandara Dasa 1929: 1924: 1919: 1917:Nimbarkacharya 1914: 1909: 1904: 1899: 1894: 1889: 1884: 1879: 1874: 1869: 1864: 1859: 1854: 1849: 1844: 1839: 1837:Jayanta Bhatta 1834: 1829: 1824: 1819: 1814: 1809: 1804: 1799: 1794: 1789: 1784: 1779: 1774: 1769: 1764: 1759: 1754: 1749: 1743: 1742: 1737: 1734: 1733: 1728: 1723: 1718: 1713: 1708: 1703: 1698: 1693: 1688: 1683: 1678: 1673: 1668: 1663: 1658: 1653: 1648: 1643: 1638: 1633: 1628: 1622: 1621: 1616: 1613: 1608: 1607: 1604: 1603: 1600: 1599: 1594: 1593: 1592: 1582: 1581: 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5354: 5347: 5342: 5335: 5330: 5322: 5316: 5312: 5311: 5303: 5296: 5291: 5289: 5280: 5274: 5270: 5269: 5261: 5259: 5249: 5241: 5233: 5225: 5217: 5210: 5204: 5196: 5190: 5186: 5185: 5177: 5175: 5173: 5164: 5158: 5154: 5153: 5145: 5137: 5131: 5127: 5126: 5121: 5115: 5107: 5101: 5097: 5096: 5088: 5080: 5074: 5070: 5069: 5064: 5058: 5056: 5048: 5043: 5035: 5029: 5025: 5024: 5016: 5008: 5002: 4998: 4997: 4992: 4986: 4984: 4975: 4969: 4965: 4964: 4956: 4954: 4946: 4941: 4939: 4931: 4926: 4919: 4914: 4908:, p. 17. 4907: 4902: 4900: 4891: 4885: 4881: 4880: 4872: 4865: 4860: 4858: 4849: 4843: 4839: 4838: 4833: 4827: 4820: 4815: 4808: 4803: 4795: 4794: 4786: 4778: 4774: 4773: 4765: 4763: 4755: 4750: 4743: 4742:0-8239-2287-1 4739: 4733: 4726: 4721: 4715:, p. 37. 4714: 4709: 4702: 4696: 4689: 4685: 4679: 4671: 4665: 4661: 4660: 4652: 4644: 4638: 4634: 4633: 4625: 4617: 4611: 4607: 4606: 4598: 4591: 4585: 4578: 4573: 4567: 4563: 4562: 4557: 4551: 4543: 4542: 4534: 4532: 4523: 4517: 4513: 4512: 4504: 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2817: 2816: 2812: 2808: 2804: 2800: 2799: 2796: 2795: 2794:Sthapatyaveda 2791: 2789: 2788: 2787:Gandharvaveda 2784: 2782: 2781: 2777: 2775: 2774: 2770: 2769: 2765: 2761: 2760: 2757: 2756: 2752: 2750: 2749: 2748:Varaha Purana 2745: 2743: 2742: 2741:Skanda Purana 2738: 2736: 2735: 2731: 2729: 2728: 2724: 2722: 2721: 2717: 2715: 2714: 2710: 2708: 2707: 2703: 2701: 2700: 2696: 2694: 2693: 2689: 2687: 2686: 2682: 2680: 2679: 2678:Brahma Purana 2675: 2673: 2672: 2671:Garuda Purana 2668: 2666: 2665: 2664:Matsya Purana 2661: 2659: 2658: 2657:Vāmana Purana 2654: 2652: 2651: 2647: 2645: 2644: 2640: 2638: 2637: 2633: 2631: 2630: 2629:Vishnu Purana 2626: 2625: 2621: 2616: 2612: 2611: 2608: 2607: 2603: 2601: 2600: 2596: 2595: 2591: 2587: 2586: 2583: 2581: 2577: 2575: 2574: 2573:Bhagavad Gita 2570: 2569: 2565: 2561: 2560: 2557: 2554: 2552: 2549: 2547: 2544: 2542: 2539: 2537: 2534: 2532: 2529: 2528: 2524: 2520: 2519: 2516: 2515: 2511: 2509: 2508: 2504: 2502: 2501: 2497: 2496: 2493: 2490: 2489: 2486: 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Index

Srauta
a series
Hinduism

Hindus
History
Hindu synthesis
History
Indus Valley Civilisation
Historical Vedic religion
Dravidian folk religion
Śramaṇa
Tribal religions in India
Itihasa-Purana
Epic-Puranic royal genealogies
Epic-Puranic chronology
Traditions
Shaivism
Shaktism
Smartism
Vaishnavism
List
Deities
Trimurti
Brahma
Vishnu
Shiva
Tridevi
Saraswati
Lakshmi

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