[INDOLOGY] Evil, the Vedas and Upanishads

[Shyam Ranganathan]

sorry.... here's the message again, without the garble at the bottom.

On 07/03/2014 1:58 PM, Shyam Ranganathan wrote:
> Dear Indologists,
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> Please excuse cross postings.
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> I would be grateful for references to any work done on the idea of 
> /EVIL /in the Vedas and Upanishads.
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> I appreciate that there may not be a one to one correlation between 
> the English "evil" and corresponding words in Vedic literature.  
> "Evil" could range over ideas such as:  ra-ks.asa or 
> darkness/ignorance (e.g. Br.hada-ran.yaka Upanis.ad 1.3.28 --- tamaso 
> ma- jyotir gamaya).  In connection to this, anything about the 
> demonification of asura-s (and the vindication of devas) would be 
> welcome too.
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> In this connection I am also especially curious about blood offerings 
> to evil spirits in animal sacrifices (e.g., Aitareya Brahmana II.1.7) 
> and possible Vedic criticisms of the practice.
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> Thank you!
> Shyam
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> Shyam Ranganathan
> Department of Philosophy
> York University, Toronto
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