Cooking the World: Ritual and Thought in Ancient India

By Charles Malamoud

The fifteen essays collected in this book deal with various aspects of Vedic and Brahmanic ritual. The author attempts to explore the implications of the classical Hindu definition of man: of all the animals fitted to be sacrificial victims, only man can perform sacrifices.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195635582
• ISBN13: 9780195635584
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.8"