L’aśvamedha nella storia. Un’indagine sulle testimonianze storiche della celebrazione del sacrificio del cavallo in India

This article is an attempt to outline a way for a historical approach to the aśvamedha, the horse sacrifice performed by Vedic Indians and described in several works of Sanskrit literature. The main concern is to select the sources for a productive analysis: after only that it will be possible to as...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pietro Chierichetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università degli Studi di Torino 2016-01-01
Series:Kervan. International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies
Online Access:http://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/kervan/article/view/1400