THE CONCEPT OF SACRIFICE (YAJNA/YASNA) IN ANCIENT INDIA AND IRAN

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ADLI MOHAMMAD REZA

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Journal: Journal of Religious Studies Year:2009 | Volume:2 | Issue:4 Page(s): 101-136

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THE CONCEPT OF SACRIFICE (YAJNA/YASNA) IN ANCIENT INDIA AND IRAN

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ADLI MOHAMMAD REZA | Issue Writer Certificate

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YAJNAQ4

YASNAQ4

SOMAQ4

HAOMAQ4

MEDHAQ4

MYAZDAQ4

BRAHMANASQ4

YASNAQ4

Abstract

In the ancient times, sacrifice was the most important rite in India and Iran. In India, sacrifice gradually became a sophisticated rite, to such a degree that its performance required the attendance of several priests.There was a rigid doctrine that the cosmic order was in accordance with the rite of sacrifice. The detailed description of the ritual was collected in several books which are called BRAHMANAS. In fact, BRAHMANAS reflect the age of ritualism, in which the priests were the most powerful men in India. In ancient Iran, for the orthodox Zoroastrianism, sacrifice was a religious obligation and its obligatory character is traceable from YASNA.Comparing the Indian and Iranian traditions, reveals many similarities: Firstly, in both traditions, sacrifice grew out of a common Indo-Iranian root. Although there are some references to gveda, its full development occurred in the later scriptures (in+the ritual in R BRAHMANAS). On the other side, in the Gathas of Zoroaster, sacrifice is described as an undesirable act, but later (in YASNA) it became the central rite of Zoroastrianism. In later periods, the glorious rite of sacrifice declined in both lands, in India because of esotericism and in Iran due to the external factors (i.e. the advent of Islam).

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ADLI, MOHAMMAD REZA. (2009). THE CONCEPT OF SACRIFICE (YAJNA/YASNA) IN ANCIENT INDIA AND IRAN. JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES, 2(4), 101-136. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/190132/en

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ADLI MOHAMMAD REZA. THE CONCEPT OF SACRIFICE (YAJNA/YASNA) IN ANCIENT INDIA AND IRAN. JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES[Internet]. 2009;2(4):101-136. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/190132/en

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MOHAMMAD REZA ADLI, “THE CONCEPT OF SACRIFICE (YAJNA/YASNA) IN ANCIENT INDIA AND IRAN,” JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 101–136, 2009, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/190132/en

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