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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"...
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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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Hiranyakashipu decided to gain a boon of
invulnerability by
performing tapas to
propitiate Brahma.
After his
subjugation of the
three worlds, he was
slain by the...
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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...
- 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...
- the form of
conferment of
Padma Bhushan on
Republic Day, 1981.
Section Propitiation covers the
period 1981 to 1991. This
section covers the scientist's journey...
- Lactantius,
Divine Institutes 1.11.1. Hewitt,
Joseph William (1908). "The
Propitiation of Zeus".
Harvard Studies in
classical Philology. 19: 61–120. doi:10...
- succeed, respectively. It was
extremely important in the
Roman mind to
propitiate the
appropriate genii for the
major undertakings and
events of
their lives...
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holds that a god-sent wind
saved them from
Mongol invasion.
Prayers or
propitiations are
often offered to
specific gods to
garner favorable interventions...
