PDNRL No. 18 Christopher Z. Minkowski: Priesthood in Ancient India. A Study of the Maitrāvaruṇa Priest. Vienna 1991, 272p. EUR 26.-
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Preface (9)
Abbreviations (11)
Diagrams (13)
Introduction (17)
Chapter One: The Maitrāvaruṇa’s Duties in the Animal Sacrifice (39)
Chapter Two: The Maitrāvaruṇa’s Duties in the Agniṣṭoma (65)
Chapter Three: Upavaktṛ, Praśāstṛ, Maitrāvaruṇa (111)
Chapter Four: The Two Divine Hotṛs (129)
Chapter Five: The Maitrāvaruṇa’s daṇḍa (141)
Chaper Six: Conclusion (155)
Appendix One: Critical Edition of the Praiṣādhyāya (169)
Appendix Two: The Maitrāvaruṇa prayogas (233)
Bibliography (239)
Indices (251)