Feeding the Dead

Ancestor Worship in Ancient India

By Matthew R. Sayers

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Publish Date

2013

Publisher

Oxford University Press, Incorporated

Language

eng

Pages

208

Description:

The author calls attention to the importance of the Vedic domestic ritual codes in the creation of what has come to be known as "classical Hinduism."

subjects: Ancestor worship, Hinduism, history, India, social life and customs, History, Śrāddha (Hindu rite), Ahnenkult, Hinduismus, Śrāddha, Vedismus