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A Theory of Ritual?
FritsStaal
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INDO-IRANIANFIRE OFFERING
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TRANSMISSIONOF THE VEDA
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THE FOUR VEDAS
1. Rigveda
2. SËmaveda
3. Yajurveda
KÎÛÙa Yajurveda “Black YV”
Éukla Yajurveda “White YV”
4. Atharvaveda
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VEDIC SCHOOLS (ÚËkhË)
Jaiminīya-Upaniṣad-Brahmāṇa
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ÉRU- “to hear”
Úrava “fame” (Greek kleos)
RIGVEDA akÛiti ÚravaÒ
SAPPHO kleos aphthiton
“imperishable fame”
Úruta “heard”
Úruti “what is heard” i.e. the tradition of the Vedas
Úrotra “ear”
Úrauta “to be heard”: A THEORY OF RITUAL
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A THEORY OF RITUAL =
ÉRAUTA RITUAL
SIXTEEN OFFICIANTS:
RIGVEDA SĀMAVEDA YAJURVEDA AVHOTĀ etc UDGĀTĀ etc ADHVARYU etc
PATRON: YAJAMĀNA with YAJAMĀNA-PATNῙIn SATTRA rituals there is no YAJAMĀNA
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MEASURINGTHE GREATALTAR SPACE
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“May these bricks be cows for me”
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RITUAL DISCUSSIONS
The oldest expert
The youngest expert
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Bespectacled genius
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METALANGUAGE (paribhËṣË) OF ACTS, MANTRAS AND BRICKS
Each act is accompanied by one mantra ekamantrËÙi karmËÙi
He lets the beginning of the act coincide with the end of the mantras mantrËntaiÒ karmËdÌn saÑnipatayet
“(rules like) ‘he deposits them toward the east’ imply thatthe agent (who does the depositing) faces that direction”
prācīm upadadhātīti kartur mukhavādaḥ
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BRAHMAN FACING THE DIRECTION
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Aristotle: contradictions cannot be true of the same Andronicus of Rhodes: metaphysics David Hilbert: meta-mathematics Alfred Tarski: object- and meta-languageGµdel's theorems of 1931 etcAlan Turing: artificial intelligence
EUROPE
TuringTarski Gµdel
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DEFAULT OPTIONS¼pastamba Érauta SÍ tra 24.1.23-6
23. When an oblation is enjoined, he uses clarified butter juhotÌti codyamËne sarpirËjyam pratÌyËt
24. The officiant is the Adhvaryu (adhvaryuÑ kartËram)
25. The implement is the juhÍ ladle (juhÍ m pËtram)
26. When the juhÍ ladle is already used (and no other implement is specified, the oblation is made)
with the help of the sruva (vyËprtËyËÑ sruveÙa)
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LADLES
POURING BUTTER FROM THE juhū
sruva IS WAITING ON SMALL DISH
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SĀMAVEDAAniruktagāna (ineffable chant)
obhitvāśūranonumo vā ādugdhā iva dhenavaḥwe cry out for you, hero like unmilked cows
obhitvāśūranonumo vā o bhubhā bhibha bhebhabha
bha syllables are called stobhas or embellishments
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RIGVEDA
S¼MAVEDAWEST EAST
THE YAJURVEDINS ARE IN CHARGE OF THE SADAS
NORTH
SOUTH
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INSIDE THE SADAS
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CONCLUSION
ŚRAUTA SŪTRAS ARE CONCERNED WITH CONTINUITY AND SURVIVAL OF THE VEDIC TRADITION
SUBSTANCES, INDIVIDUALS ETC. CHANGE, MANTRAS AND SYNTAX REMAIN THE SAME