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pressing, a chariot drive, the king shooting arrows from his bow, and a symbolic "cattle raid": The newly anointed king seizes cattle belonging to his relative, and then gives part of his property to that relative. Also included is a game of throwing dice with the
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The rajasuya is associated with the consecration of a king and is prescribed as a ritual to establish a king's sovereignty. It is described in the Taittiriya corpus, including Apastamba
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priest in which the king wins a cow, by which the king is enthroned and the cosmos is regenerated. There is a revealing of the tale of
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kings performed the ceremony. The sacrifice was performed by kings throughout the subcontinent; records of its performance in
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Political History of Ancient India: From the accession of Parikshit to the extinction of the Gupta dynasty
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kings, which led to the expansion of their kingdoms during the
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Vedic Voices: Intimate narratives of a living Andhra tradition
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Devotional Sovereignty: Kingship and religion in India
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may become a king, and is not suitable for Brahmanas.
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Yudhishthira
Mahabharata
Sanskrit
romanized
lit.
śrauta
Vedic religion
Puranas
Chakravarti
Śrauta Sutra
soma
Adhvaryu
Shunahshepa
Varuna
Harishchandra
human sacrifice
Shatapatha Brahmana
Indo-Aryan
Iron Age
Tamilakam
Lanka
Kharavela
Kalinga
Jain
Satavahana
South India
Vijayanagara Empire
Ashvamedha
Rājyābhiṣeka

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