[INDOLOGY] Eating flesh of a jogi, a magician, a healer

Mon Apr 25 08:30:43 UTC 2016

It has no scriptural sanction. See the AitareyaBrahmana story of Sunahsepa
on human sacrifice that is strictly forbidden.
The population was heterogeneous; so was the culture; unapproved practices
took place. One may look onto the Brhatkathamanjari/ Kathasaritsagara.
Best
DB

On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 8:35 PM, Artur Karp <karp at uw.edu.pl> wrote:

> In "Śahr Safidon ki kahani" (published by Richard Temple, The Legends of
> the Panjab , Vol. I (No XVI,
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> his disciples eat flesh of their Guru, Dhanthar Baid - in order to gain
> his powers  Is this motif found somewhere else in Indian narratives?
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> Thanks in advance,
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> Artur Karp
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