Exchange, gifting, and sacrificing : premodern Indian perspectives / Harald Wiese.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wiese, Harald, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ceremonial exchange--India--History.

Ceremonial exchange.

Sacrifice--India--History.

Sacrifice.

Gifts--India--History.

Gifts.

Hindu giving.

Buddhist giving.

India--Social life and customs.

India.

Social psychology--India--History.

Social psychology.

Physical Description:

xi, 261 pages : illustrations, charts ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Heidelberg : HASP, Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing, 2023.

Summary:

"In both the Vedic and the classical periods, a special elite class of people existed that were called Brahmins. In a rough manner, one might say that their material wellbeing depended on dakṣiṇā in the Vedic period and on dāna in the classical one. Broadening the perspective beyond dakṣiṇā and dāna, this book is on all sorts of giving in the context of pre-modern India, using Vedic, Sanskrit, Buddhist and, to a much lesser extent, Roman and Christian sources. The Brahmanical theory of the gift (i.e., the theory of dutiful gifting, dharmadāna) is a major focus of, and has provided a major motivation for, this study."-- Page 4 of cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-256) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Wiese, Harald. Exchange, gifting, and sacrificing.

ISBN:

9783948791742

3948791740

OCLC:

1417269849

Publisher Number:

9783948791742