RELIGST 1B06 Lecture Notes - Gautama Buddha, Four Noble Truths, Indo-Gangetic Plain
16 Oct 2013
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Referred to as sruti heard i. e. the texts are considered to record knowledge revealed to. To which were later added layers of supplementary texts (ritual manuals, philosophical texts, guides for behavior). Hinduism and buddhism do not have a set text they have multiple texts to read. 1028 hymns in 10 books that are recited/sung during religious sacrifices. The hymns praise the vedic gods, describe their activities, while alluding to aspects of. Indra the ideal warrior (289 hymns) leader. Agni god of fire, messenger god (218 hymns). Soma a god, a plant, and the drink that is derived from that plant (123 hymns). The sacrifice typically animals, their products and vegetables: Varied in complexity from very simple (domestic) to extraordinarily elaborate (royal). Society is divided into four classes in 500 bce politicians/warriors, priests, merchants/farmers, serfs. Who are the gods in the rgveda polytheism.
