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DEDICATED TO REPRODUCING TRADITIONAL TEXTS IN AUTHENTIC GUISE |
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Sacred Song and Texts of India CONTENTS Nakiketas... The House of Death... Bright Anu... The Fire Sacrifice... The Steed... Visnu Tri-Stepper.... Hymn to Visnu... |
NEED FIRE On his first night without food Nakiketas devoured all Death’s works. On his second night without food Nakiketas devoured all Death’s cattle. On his third night without food Nakiketas devoured all Death’s offspring.
Published by Pieman Press 20th September 2001 |
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Need Fire: Sacred Song and Texts of India
A selection of song and texts from the Vedas and Upanisads celebrating the origin, and seasonal sojourn, of the sun-god, and the harnessing of his fire for ritual purposes... |
