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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