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Propitiation is the act of
appeasing or
making well-disposed a deity, thus
incurring divine favor or
avoiding divine retribution. It is
related to the...
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administer religious rites; in particular,
rites of
sacrifice to, and
propitiation of, a
deity or deities.
Their office or
position is the "priesthood"...
- was in an
unfavorable position and his
ailment could be
cured only by
propitiating the
planet god Bṛhaspati. As
laymen would find
these rituals complex...
- Jesus'
death and resurrection. His
death was an
expiation as well as a
propitiation, and by Christ's
blood peace is made
between God and man. By grace, through...
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described to be a pra****ati, one of the
progenitors of creation.
After propitiating Vishnu and s****ing his
counsel for a
suitable wife, he
marries Devahuti...
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practised along with nat worship,
which involves elaborate rituals to
propitiate one from a
pantheon of 37 nats. In a
traditional village, the monastery...
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aforementioned asura sought the boon of
turning anything he
touched to ash
after propitiating Shiva. His boon granted, the
asura decided to test the boon on Shiva...
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possessions or the
lives of
animals or
humans to a
deity as an act of
propitiation or worship.
Evidence of
ritual animal sacrifice has been seen at least...
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offering food, or the
lives of
animals or
people to the gods, as an act of
propitiation or worship.
Sacrifice may also
refer to:
Sacrifice (painting), a 2013...
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Bhatta had
performed the
ceremony at an inau****ious hour and
neglected to
propitiate the
spirits adored in the Tantra. That was why, he said, the
queen mother...
