Keyword: Vedic – Image Gallery

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Musei Borgiani Velitris. Tab I. Pictura exhibens sacrificium solis. Tav. II Pictura Indica autographa exhibens holocaustum ignis (1791)

from: Paulinus a S. Bartholomaeo, Systema Brahmanicum liturgicum, mythologicum, civile, Rome 1791

New York Public Library

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice AntiquarianismBrahminical RitesFireHinduIndiaSacrifice ComparedVedic

Unknown Indian Artist

Thirteen different gods perform a yagna, a fire sacrifice, an old vedic ritual where offerings are made to the god of fire, Agni (1800-1899)

London, Wellcome Collection

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2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: FireHinduIndiaVedic

Unknown Indian Artist

Vishnu, Brahman and three other deities perform a yagna, a fire sacrifice (1800-1899)

London, Wellcome Collection

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2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: FireHinduIndiaVedic

Anonymous / Unknown

King Sagara performs a sacrifice (1712)

from: Ramayana, Bala Kanda

British Library, Add. 15295, f.105

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Keywords: Animal Sacrifice AsvamedhaHorsesIndiaKingshipVedic

Anonymous / Unknown

Horse sacrifice (Asvamedha) (1712)

from: Ramayana, Bala Kanda, Ms Add. 15295, fol. 33

British Library, London [from Udaipur]

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2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice AsvamedhaHinduHorsesIndiaRamayanaVedic

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Buddha explaining the correct sacrifices according to the Veda. The story of Kalki, the destruction of the tyrants, and the Indian representation of the Buddha and the avatara of Kalki. [1774]

from: Rites and Beliefs of the Hindus [Indian Company Paintings]

London, V&A Museum

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2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: BuddhismIndiaVedic

Nur Muhammad

The building for King Dasaratha's sacrifice (Mughal India) (1594)

from: Miniature (35.4 x 21cm), fol. 27r

Christie's, London

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2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Brahminical RitesIndiaManuscriptMughalVedic

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Deities and Demons Performing the Yajna Sacrifice from the Devi Mahatmya (18th)

from: India, Rajput

Princeton University Art Museum

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2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: FireHinduIndiaManuscriptVedicYajna

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Page from a manuscript of the Bhāgavata Purāṇa. Above, Kṛṣṇa tells a group of cowherds, all standing in a line to go and ask the brahmin ladies who were then offering Vedic sacrifices. (1500)

from: Rajasthan (?)

The British Museum, London

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Brahminical RitesBrahminsIndiaVedic

Unknown Indian Artist

Lord Ganesh and Skanda (?) sit across a sacrificial fire, with a long flame coming out of a pink pot watched by seventeen other deities. [1800-1899]

London, Wellcome Collection

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: FireHinduIndiaVedic

Unknown Indian Artist

Nine female deities (?) performing a yagna, a fire sacrifice (1800-1900)

London, Wellcome Collection

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: FireHinduIndiaVedicWomen

Unknown Indian Artist

Four priests perform a yagna, a fire sacrifice to Agni [1800-1900]

London, Wellcome Collection

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: FireHinduIndiaVedic

Unknown

The divine messenger (Agnipurusha) rises from the sacrificial fire to bear vessel of celestial food by Nadim (1597- 1605)

from: The Ramayana

National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.

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2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: FireHinduIndiaMughalRamayanaVedic

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Daksha, one of the prajapati, the agents of creation. He is shown with a human body and a goats head. He is seated on a decorated mat in front of a sacrificial fire into which he drops offerings. (Early 19th)

from: Patna, India

British Museum, London

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: FireGoatsHinduIndiaVedic

[Purkhu and his workshop]

Rama accompanied by a golden statue of Sita performs the Ashwamehda Yajna. The sage Valmiki participates. They sit before a ritual Yajna fire. [1790]

from: folio from a dispersed Ramayana series

Sotheby's

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2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: FireHinduIndiaRamayanaVedic

Anonymous / Unknown

The sacrificed horse is prepared (1712)

from: Ramayana, Bala Kanda, Ms Add. 15295, fol. 34

British Library, London [from Udaipur]

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice AsvamedhaHinduHorsesIndiaRamayanaVedic

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Musei Borgiani Velitris. Tab III pictura indica autographa exhibens sacrificium Túkam (1791)

from: Paulinus a S. Bartholomaeo, Systema Brahmanicum liturgicum, mythologicum, civile, Rome 1791

New York Public Library

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Brahminical RitesIndiaVedic