dog's corpse

[Laurie Patton]

See Taittiriya Brahmana 3.8.4.2 for relevant passage, which gives its own
interpretation of the ritual act.

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Laurie L. Patton						 + 
Dept. of Religion						 +	
Emory University						 +	
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> At 12:26 PM 8/28/97 BST, you wrote:
> >Dear Indologists,
> >	Louis Renou, in L'Inde classique, I, ' 726, says, before the
> >azvamedha, must be throwed a dog's corpse under the horse's legs.
> >	Does anyone know the meaning of this act ?
> >	Namaste,
> >Dominique
> >
> >Dominique THILLAUD
> >Universite' de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, France
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