A Comparative Survey of the Indradhvaja Ceremony (Gārgīyajyotiṣa 45)
This article gives a preliminary survey of Gārgīyajyotiṣa 45, a ritual description of the festival of Indra's Banner (indradhvaja), based on manuscript evidence. The testimony of Garga is compared to the description of the same rite in Varāhamihira's Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 42), with referen...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Alberta
2019-12-01
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| Series: | History of Science in South Asia |
| Online Access: | https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/hssa/index.php/hssa/article/view/44 |