[q] Seeking information on "hiraNyagarbha" ceremony

[Alf Hiltebeitel]

This ceremony gets some brief discussion in Susan Bayly, Saints, goddesses
and Kings, and in Eugen Roghair's The Epic of Palnadu.

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On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Sreenivas Paruchuri wrote:

> Could someone please help me with references to "hiraNyagarbha" ceremony,
> where the rulers were inserted into a large womb-like gold vessel,
> subsequently emerged "reborn," and thus became possessed of _kshatriya_
> status.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards,                        --Sreenivas
>
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> E-Mail: sreeni at ktp.uni-paderborn.de
>