The Sacrifices of Rajasuya, Vajapeya and Ashvamedha (study)

by Aparna Dhar | 2016 | 61,606 words

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Summary: This essay presents a Dichotomic Interpretation of the Sacrifices of Rajasuya, Vajapeya and Ashvamedha and studies their ritualistic and monarchial strata with reference to the Shatapatha-Brahmana: An ancient Sanskrit text dealing with ancient Vedic rituals and ceremonies based on the Vedas.

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Acknowledgement

+ Chapter 1 - A brief outline of the Brāhmaṇa Literature

. Introduction to Vedic literature

. Brief outline of the Brāhmaṇa literature

. List of the Brāhmaṇa text of the four Veda available to us

. Contents of the Brāhmaṇas of the Ṛgveda

. Contents of the Brāhmaṇas of the Sāmaveda

. Contents of the Brāhmaṇas of the Yajurveda

. Contents of the Gopatha-brāhmaṇa of the Atharvaveda

. Importance of the Brāhmaṇa literature

. Social and Cultural condition of the Brahmanical age

. Legends of the Brāhmaṇas

+ Chapter 2 - Vedic Sacrifices described in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa

. Meaning and importance of the Vedic sacrifices

. Śrauta and Gṛhya Karma

. Pakṛti and Vikṛti Yāga

. Brief description of three fire cavities or Agni-kuṇḍa

. Difference between Yajña and Yāga

. Duties of the four priests

. Sacrificial Fees

. Use of Sacrificial Utensils or Yajñayudha

. Only Tri-Varṇa has the right to perform Vedic Sacrifice

. Nitya, Kāmya, Naimittika and Niṣiddha Karma

. Use of Replica

. Expiatory Rite

. Summary of the Darśapūrṇamāseṣṭi Sacrifice

. Summary of the Agnyādheya Sacrifice

. Summary of the Punarādheya Sacrifice

. Summary of the Agnihotra Sacrifice

. Summary of the Soma Sacrifice / Agniṣṭoma

. Summary of the Ṣoḍaśin sacrifice

. Summary of the Dvādaśāha sacrifice

. Summary of the Gavāmayana sacrifice

. Summary of the Rājasūya sacrifice

. Summary of the Vājapeya sacrifice

. Summary of the Aśvamedha sacrifice

. Summary of the Sautrāmaṇī sacrifice

. Summary of the Puruṣamedha sacrifice

. Summary of the Sarvamedha sacrifice

. Summary of the Agnicayana sacrifice

. Summary of the Cāturmāsya sacrifice

. Significance of Sacrifice

+ Chapter 3 - Political Importance

. Special position and Political significance of the Sacrifice

. Source of the Sacrifice

. The role of the Seers and Man in General for obtaining the Sacrifice

. Growth and expansion of the Sacrifice

. Obstacles in the way of Sacrifice

+ Chapter 4 - Major Sacrifices of the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa

. Details of the Rājasūya Sacrifice

. Details of the Vājapeya Sacrifice

. Details of the Aśvamedha Sacrifice

+ Chapter 5 - Minor sacrifices and their Political Significance

. Details of the Puruṣamedha Sacrifice

. Details of the Sarvamedha Sacrifice

. Details of the Agnicayana (fire-building ceremony)

. Details of the Cāturmāsya Sacrifice

. Details of the Sautrāmaṇī Sacrifice

+ Chapter 6 - Dichotomic interpretation of the Major and Minor sacrifices

. Dichotomic interpretation of the Rājasūya Sacrifice

. Dichotomic interpretation of the Vājapeya Sacrifice

. Dichotomic interpretation of the Aśvamedha Sacrifice

. Dichotomic interpretation of the Puruṣamedha Sacrifice

. Dichotomic interpretation of the Sarvamedha Sacrifice

. Dichotomic interpretation of the Agnicayana Sacrifice

. Dichotomic interpretation of the Cāturmāsyas Sacrifice

. Dichotomic interpretation of the Sautrāmaṇī Sacrifice

Chapter 7 - Major Findings and Concluding Observations

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