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Journal of Asian Studies (1986) 45 (2): 359–363.
Published: 01 February 1986
...Richard Schechner Abstract Frits Staal's massive two-volume book details the backgrounds to, and the performance of, a “Vedic ritual,” the Agnicayana, in Panjal, Kerala, in 1975. In its own terms the book is a success. Staal has set down, or told the reader where to find, every word of the twelve...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1986) 45 (2): 355–358.
Published: 01 February 1986
...David M. Knipe Abstract This two-volume study of a great Vedic sacrifice, the Agnicayana, or “piling of the fire altar,” accomplishes two ends. First, the work is detailed ethnographic coverage of the twelve-day Agnicayana performed by the Nambudiri Brahmin community in Panjal, Kerala, South India...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1987) 46 (1): 108–110.
Published: 01 February 1987
... is acquired or utilized, but refuses to consider the nature of this system." FRITS STAAL University of California, Berkeley A "Vedic Ritual" in Quotation Marks Frits Staal misses the point. In Agni, and in Altar ofFire (the film Robert Gardner made of the agnicayana), there is projected a romantic fantasy...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1986) 45 (2): 219–221.
Published: 01 February 1986
... Altar, by Frits Staal Stalking the Sacrifice 221 DAVID M. KNIPE Pages 355-358 This two-volume study of a great Vedic sacrifice, the Agnicayana, or "piling of the fire altar," accomplishes two ends. First, the work is detailed ethnographic coverage of the twelve-day Agnicayana performed by the Nambudiri...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1987) 46 (1): 105–108.
Published: 01 February 1987
... writes: "There is no recognition that Agnicayana 1975 is an example of what I call 'restored behavior'" (p. 362). AGNI: The Nambudiri performances are not artificial or scholarly reconstructions (as have taken place in some other parts of India), nor are they the result of recent revivals. The tradition...