Functions and Significance of Gold in the Veda / / J. Gonda.
This book deals with the significance attached to gold by the authors of the Veda; the use made of it in rites and ceremonies (symbolical actions transferring its inherent power, purification, magic etc.); its importance as an element of theological and speculative thought, e.g. the figure of Hiraṇ...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden : : Brill,, 1991. |
| Year of Publication: | 1991 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 266 pages) |
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