Marko Geslani, "Rites of the God-King: ??nti and Ritual Change in Early Hinduism" (Oxford UP, 2018) - a podcast by Marshall Poe

Is “Vedic” fire sacrifice at odds with “Hindu” image worship? Through a careful study of ritual (?anti) texts geared towards appeasement of inauspicious forces (primarily the Atharva Veda and in the B?hatsa?hit?, an Indian astrological work), Marko Geslani demonstrates the persistent significance and centrality of the work of Brahmanical priesthood from ancient to medieval to modern times. In doing so he aptly problematizes the scholarly tendency to demarcate Vedic ritual from popular Hinduism. Join me today as I speak with Marco about his new book Rites of the God-King: ??nti and Ritual Change in Early Hinduism(Oxford University Press, 2018).
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