Étiquette : generosity
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THE SACRIFICE AND THE CULTURE OF GIVING
In the Rig Veda, the chief is the one who gives the most. Hymns 10.107 and 10.117 define an economy of giving and redistribution 4,000 years old.
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THE ASHVAMEDHA — THE HORSE SACRIFICE AND POLITICAL POWER IN THE RIG VEDA
n the Rig Veda, the Ashvamedha is not an instrument of conquest — it is an act of total redistribution. A close reading of hymns 1.162 and 1.163.
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HOSPITALITY AS A SACRED VALUE IN THE RIG VEDA
The Rig Veda devotes an entire hymn to generosity. Agni is « the guest of the house. » A decipherment of a value that was a cosmic law.
