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- Purushamedha (or Naramedha) is a Śrauta ritual of mock human sacrifice. The Vajasaneyi Samhita-Sataphatha Brahmana-Katyayana Srauta Sutra sequence of Shukla...
- Agnicayana Agnihotra Agnikaryam Aupasana Dhuni Kamyakarma Pravargya Purushamedha Putrakameshti Viraja Homa Other Achamana Ashirvada Ashvamedha Karmakāṇḍa...
- commentaries and instructions on Vedic sacrificial rites such as the Purushamedha, Kaukili-Sutramani, Ashvamedha, and Agnicayana. Recorded around 300–400...
- Agnicayana Agnihotra Agnikaryam Aupasana Dhuni Kamyakarma Pravargya Purushamedha Putrakameshti Viraja Homa Other Achamana Ashirvada Ashvamedha Karmakāṇḍa...
- Agnicayana Agnihotra Agnikaryam Aupasana Dhuni Kamyakarma Pravargya Purushamedha Putrakameshti Viraja Homa Other Achamana Ashirvada Ashvamedha Karmakāṇḍa...
- central role of being Yama's twin sister in the Samhita texts. In the Purushamedha rite in the Shatapatha Brahmana, a mother of twins is sacrificed to Yami...
- Agnicayana Agnihotra Agnikaryam Aupasana Dhuni Kamyakarma Pravargya Purushamedha Putrakameshti Viraja Homa Other Achamana Ashirvada Ashvamedha Karmakāṇḍa...
- Agnicayana Agnihotra Agnikaryam Aupasana Dhuni Kamyakarma Pravargya Purushamedha Putrakameshti Viraja Homa Other Achamana Ashirvada Ashvamedha Karmakāṇḍa...
- Agnicayana Agnihotra Agnikaryam Aupasana Dhuni Kamyakarma Pravargya Purushamedha Putrakameshti Viraja Homa Other Achamana Ashirvada Ashvamedha Karmakāṇḍa...
- von Roth, the intent of the legend is to show that human sacrifice (purushamedha) is an unacceptable practice. However, some others, such as Rajendralal...