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Cooking the World: Ritual and Thought in Ancient India (French Studies in South Asian Culture & Society)
Cooking the World Ritual and Thought in Ancient India - French Studies in South Asian Culture & Society Author:Charles Malamoud The fifteen essays collected in this book deal with various aspects of Vedic and Brahmanic ritual. The author attempts to explore the implications of the classical Hindu definition of man: of all the animals fitted to be sacrificial victims, only man can perform sacrifices.