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Claiming Modes of Mediation in Ancient Hindu and Buddhist Ancestor Worship |
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Sayers, Matthew R. (著)
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Journal of Ritual Studies
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| Volume | v.26 n.1 Special Issue |
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| Date | 2012 |
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| Pages | 5 - 18 |
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| Publisher | Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew J. Strathern |
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http://www.pitt.edu/~strather/journal.htm
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| Location | Pittsburgh, PA, US [匹茲堡, 賓夕法尼亞州, 美國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | Special Issue, The Study of Ancestors and Ancestor-Related Rituals |
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| Abstract | During the transition from Vedic religion to the formative stages of Hinduism, the mode of mediation between the lay religious patron and various supernatural beings, e.g., ancestors, shifted. While the earlier period was characterized by sacrifices into the ritual fire, the latter saw the emergence of gifting to individuals. This study of the Indian ancestral rite of śrāddha demonstrates how Brahmin and Buddhist authors claimed religious expertise within this new mode of patronage as the social value of large-scale sacrifice declined. One aspect of the newer model was the substitution of the Brahmin and monk for the ritual fire employed in the ancestral rites. As a part of a larger argument about Brahmanical and Buddhist intellectual discourse on the householder's ritual responsibilities, this paper describes the efforts of both traditions to establish their religious experts as the superior recipient of religious giving, specifically for the offerings made in the śrāddha. |
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| Table of contents | Vedic Mediation 6
Agni as Mediator 7
Brahmin as Mediatior 7
The Qualities of a Brahmin to Be Invited to a šrāddha 8
Qualities of the Brahmins in the Dharmasūtras 9
Qualities of the Brahmins in the Mānava Dharmasāstra 10
Buddhist Efforts to Appropriate the Role of Mediator 12
Undermining the Authority of Brahmins 12
Substitutes for Agni 13
The Field of Merit 13
Notes 15
Abbreviations 16
References 17
Biographical Sketch 17 |
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| ISSN | 08901112 (P) |
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| Created date | 2023.10.06 |
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| Modified date | 2023.10.13 |
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