IMAGES FROM VEDIC HYMNS AND RITUALS

Contents Preface Introduction 1. Folk-beliefs and Rain-imagery of the Vedic Seers 2. The Thunder and the Aksara 3. Cosmic Foetus 4. The Vision of Vasukra 5. The Son-Husband 6. The Crying Worlds 7. The Advent of Soma 8. Symbolism in the Ritual of Soma 9. The Ritual of Soma and Kavya-rasa 10. The Eye of Prajapati 11. Try'ambaka 12. Sasarpari : A war-spell 13. Asplects of War 14. Drum and the Dance of Indra and Chaya 15. The Vana 16. The Birth of Vasistha 17. Dvibarhas : A Wonder-working Priest 18. Siprin and Sipivista 19. Adma-sad 20. Sisna-deva and the Cult of the Nude 21. Ajamita and Speech-coupling 22. Garta and Garta-aruk 23. Dirghatamas : His Vision of Jiva and Atman 24. Metempsychosis and the Rgveda 25. The Riddle of the Black Antelope 26. Kuntapa and Symbolism in Ritual-Birth 27. Features of Tantrism and the Veda 28. Mother-Goddess on the Vedic Scene 29. The Goddess of Speech Pumscali 30. The Principle of Continuity in Vedic Ritual 31. Hotrvurya 32. Antarvedi-Bahirvedi 33. Havirdhana-mandapa and the Temple Illustrations Bibliography