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

[Dean Michael Anderson]

The principle is basically the same - there is a special power in the remains of those considered to be spiritually advanced. Compare European saintly relics.
Grisly, indeed.
Dean



      From: Artur Karp <karp at uw.edu.pl>
 To: Dean Michael Anderson <eastwestcultural at yahoo.com> 
Cc: Dipak Bhattacharya <dipak.d2004 at gmail.com>; indology <indology at list.indology.info>
 Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 10:39 PM
 Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Eating flesh of a jogi, a magician, a healer
   
In Śahr Safidon ki Kahani it is the guru (Dhanthar Baid, Mbh.'s Dhanvantari) who orders his disciples to cut and and eat his body - so that his healing powers would not be lost.
Best, also - 
Artur
2016-04-25 18:35 GMT+02:00 Dean Michael Anderson <eastwestcultural at yahoo.com>:

The place to look would be the texts and tales of "left-handed" tantra. I'm not familiar with the older texts but I do know that in places with famous burning grounds like Varanasi and Kathmandu the families guard the bodies to prevent tantriks from eating the flesh of the deceased. I have read about this in modern stories, and talked to people who have seen it. It is certainly very much still alive in the minds of modern Indians and Nepalis.

Best,
Dean Anderson

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,​ Princess Niwal Daî, As su​ng ​by t​wo s​ca​ve​ngers ​f​rom Bi​biyâl ​Village ​near A​mbâlâ),​ Bombay 1884 [Reprints: 1962, 1977] -
his disciples eat flesh of their Guru, Dhanthar Baid - in order to gain his powers  Is this motif found somewhere else in Indian narratives?
Thanks in advance, 
Artur Karp
WarsawPoland
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