Étiquette : sacrifice
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The Priests of the Sacrifice: Hotṛ, Adhvaryu, Udgātṛ
There is in the Vedic sacrifice a dimension that tends to be overlooked when one is primarily interested in its spiritual significance: its technical dimension. The yajña was not an improvised ceremony where everyone did as they wished in a collective surge of religious enthusiasm. It was an operation of extraordinary precision, orchestrated by specialists…
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Le Yajña : Offrande et Transformation Intérieure
l y a un mot qui revient dans le Rig Veda avec une insistance et une centralité qui ne laissent aucun doute sur son importance : yajña. On le traduit généralement par sacrifice, et cette traduction a une histoire qu’il faut raconter avant d’aller plus loin, parce qu’elle dit autant sur ceux qui ont traduit…
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The Yajña: Offering and Inner Transformation
There is a word that recurs in the Rig Veda with an insistence and a centrality that leave no doubt about its importance: yajña. It is generally translated as sacrifice, and this translation has a history that needs to be told before going any further, because it says as much about those who translated as…
Le Rig Veda 