Keyword: Hindu | Sacrifiles

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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

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

from: India, Rajput

Princeton University Art Museum

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

Keywords: FireHinduIndiaManuscriptVedicYajna

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Handprints left by the wives of the maharaja before the Sati [1843]

Mehrangarh Fort, Rajasthan, India

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century) 3. Sacrifice and politics (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: GenderHinduIndiaSatiSatīSati-stoneSelf-SacrificeWomen

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Handprints of women who committed sati

Wall of the Junagarh Fort (Bikaner, Rajasthan, India)

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

Keywords: GenderHinduIndiaPoliticsSatiSatīSati-stoneSelf-SacrificeWarWomen

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Marriage of Rama to Sita with Brahmins making fire sacrifice. Coloured transfer lithograph. Lettering includes Punjabi inscriptions (s.d.)

London, Wellcome Collection

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

Keywords: Brahminical RitesBrahminsHinduIndia

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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

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Queen Kaikeyi reminds King Dasharatha about the sacrifices of King Bali and King Shivi, (c. 1710)

from: folio 39 from the Ayodhya Kanda (Book of Ayodhya) of a Ramayana. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar, Court of Amar Singh II

The Cleveland Museum of Art

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

Keywords: HinduIndiaKingshipRamayana

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Sacrificial Fire, from the 'Tula Ram' Bhagavata Purana (c. 1720)

from: Western India, Gujarat, Surat

The Cleveland Museum of Art (Gift of John D. Proctor)

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

Keywords: FireHinduIndiaPurana

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Sati Stone (s.d.)

from: Rajasthan, India

London, British Museum

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

Keywords: GenderHinduIndiaSatiSatīSati-stoneSelf-SacrificeWomen

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Sati Stone (18th)

from: India: Madhya Pradesh (State): Vidisha

London, British Museum

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

Keywords: GenderHinduIndiaSatiSatīSati-stoneWomen

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Sati Stone (18th)

from: Madhya Pradesh, Orchha, India

Jahangir Mahal Museum

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

Keywords: GenderHinduIndiaSatīSatiWomen

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Sati Stone (18-19th)

from: Madhya Pradesh, India

Jahangir Mahal Museum

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century) 5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: GenderHinduSatiSatīSati-stoneSelf-SacrificeWomen

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Sati Stone (18th)

from: Madhya Pradesh, Orchha, India

Jahangir Mahal Museum

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

Keywords: GenderHinduIndiaSatiSatīSati-stoneWomen

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Sati Stone (17th-18th)

from: India

Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts, Budapest

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century) 7. Sacrifices of self: Martirology and Catholic global missions (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: GenderHinduIndiaSatiSatīSati-stoneSelf-SacrificeWomen

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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.

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

Keywords: FireHinduIndiaMughalRamayanaVedic

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Valmiki instructs Kusha and Lava in the recitation of the "Ramayana" before the occasion of a sacrifice in Rama's palace (1597-1605)

from: The Ramayana (Tales of Rama; The Freer Ramayana), Volume 2

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

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

Keywords: HinduIndiaMughalRamayana

Unknown Indian Artist

A goat about to be beheaded as a Hindu ritual in honour of the goddess Kālī (1800-1899)

Wellcome Collection, London

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice GoatHinduIndia

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 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