critiques of sacrifice

[Michio Yano]

One of the interesting sources is the Buddhist
text ZaarduulakarNaavadaana (ed. by 
Mukhopadhyaya, Santiniketan 1954, page 19),
where Brahmanical sacrifice is critisized as
being performed by those who want to eat the
meat of sacrificail animals.

lines 15-18:
na prokSaNair na mantraiz ca svargaM gacchanty ajaiDakaaH/
na hy eSa maargaH svargaaya mithyaaprokSaNam ucyate//
braahmaNai raudracittais tu paryaayo hy eSa cintitaH/
maaMsaM khaaditukaamais tu prokSaNaM kalpitaM pazoH//

Michio Yano
Kyoto Sangyo University

>Dear List--
>Can anyone recommend primary or secondary literature on critiques of Vedic
>sacrifice and orthopraxy? I am interested in Buddhist & Jain critiques as
>well as those from within the Brahmanic fold.
>
>Thanks
>
>Finnian Moore Gerety
>
>doctoral student, Dept. of Sanskrit & Indian Studies, Harvard University