Vrātya or Ancient Indo-Aryan Violence?

Jaiminīya-Brāhmaṇa (JB) II 225 and Pañcaviṃśa-Brāhmaṇa (PB) XVII 1.9 have been authoritatively interpreted by Falk (1986: 29–30) as evidence that the Vrātyas behaved in a peculiarly aggressive way. The present study puts forward the hypothesis that such violence was not a distinguishing feature of...

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Main Authors: Chiara Neri, Tiziana Pontillo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2024-06-01
Series:Cracow Indological Studies
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Online Access:https://www.journals.akademicka.pl/cis/article/view/5828