Functions and Significance of Gold in the Veda / / J. Gonda.

• VerfasserIn: Gonda, J 1905-1991.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Brill,, 1991.
• Anno di pubblicazione: 1991
• Lingua: English
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 266 pages)

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...