The Sâmavidhânabrâhmaṇa - Being the Third Brâhmaṇa - of the Sâma VedaArthur C. Burnell, Arthur Coke Burnell Trübner, 1873 - 194 pages |
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Page xii
... magical nature , fill two out of the three chapters into which the Sâmavidhânabrâhmaṇa is divided . As in the other Vedic works , the matter of this Brâhmaņa is of little value in itself ; but this book has an independent value of its ...
... magical nature , fill two out of the three chapters into which the Sâmavidhânabrâhmaṇa is divided . As in the other Vedic works , the matter of this Brâhmaņa is of little value in itself ; but this book has an independent value of its ...
Page xvi
... in the insertion of these two offences . They are , however , entirely in contradiction with the rest of the work , e.g. the magical ceremonies to destroy enemies . expected to preserve himself chaste , but to this in xvi INTRODUCTION .
... in the insertion of these two offences . They are , however , entirely in contradiction with the rest of the work , e.g. the magical ceremonies to destroy enemies . expected to preserve himself chaste , but to this in xvi INTRODUCTION .
Page xviii
... magical ceremonies dates from a time when the Sâma - veda had already assumed the position of a revealed work ; the important facts in the Sâmavidhânabrâhmaṇa are that certain acts were supposed to require an expiation , and that ...
... magical ceremonies dates from a time when the Sâma - veda had already assumed the position of a revealed work ; the important facts in the Sâmavidhânabrâhmaṇa are that certain acts were supposed to require an expiation , and that ...
Page xxii
... magical nature . That the manufacture of amulets , and the performance of magical ceremonies to destroy enemies , should form part of the Vedic religion is at first sight rather sur- prising , but the Sâmavidhânabrâhmana is by no means ...
... magical nature . That the manufacture of amulets , and the performance of magical ceremonies to destroy enemies , should form part of the Vedic religion is at first sight rather sur- prising , but the Sâmavidhânabrâhmana is by no means ...
Page xxiii
... magical verses , some to remove disease , cause hair to grow on bald heads , and to abate the nuisance caused by vermin ; the Aranyagâna of the Sâma - veda contains many similar the " brahmaṇaḥ parimaraḥ " ( a rite to destroy enemies v ...
... magical verses , some to remove disease , cause hair to grow on bald heads , and to abate the nuisance caused by vermin ; the Aranyagâna of the Sâma - veda contains many similar the " brahmaṇaḥ parimaraḥ " ( a rite to destroy enemies v ...
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