Feeding the Dead: Ancestor Worship in Ancient India, by Matthew R. Sayers

Authors

  • Simon Brodbeck Cardiff University Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/rosa.v9i2.24664

Keywords:

ancestor worship, śrauta, Ṛgveda, Dharmaśāstra, śrāddha, Gṛhyasūtras, Buddhism, Brahminical Rituals

Abstract

Feeding the Dead: Ancestor Worship in Ancient India, by Matthew R. Sayers. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. xvi + 188 pp., £64.00 (hb), £19.99 (pb). ISBN 978-0-19-991747-1 (hb), 978-0-19-989643-1 (pb).

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Published

2016-06-16

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 2 (2015)

Section

Book Reviews

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How to Cite

Brodbeck, S. (2016). Feeding the Dead: Ancestor Worship in Ancient India, by Matthew R. Sayers. Religions of South Asia, 9(2), 250-254. https://doi.org/10.1558/rosa.v9i2.24664