An important appendix in

Kuiper, F.B.J. 1979. Varuṇa and Vidūṣaka. On the Origin of Sanskrit Drama. Amsterdam: North-Holland Publ. Comp.

deals precisely with the Vedic "Sādhyas" (in a "structuralist" fashion).

Another important study is:

Heesterman, J.C. 1996. « Die Sādhyas und die Kult des Feuers ». Studien zur Indologie und Iranistik 20: 117-143.

A study in the light of my theory of the virtual causality of ritual

(e.g. « Formal Structure and Self-referential Loops in Vedic Ritual. » In : Ritual Dynamics and the Science of Ritual, I: Grammar and Morphology of Ritual (sous la dir. de A. Michaels et A. Mishra) : 29-63. Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz)

is found in:

“Les perfectibles (sādhyá) entre circularité et causalité du rituel védique.” In: Aux Abords de la Clairière : études indiennes et comparées en l’honneur de Charles Malamoud, sous la dir. de D’Intino, Silvia et Caterina Guenzi, Turnhout, Brepols : 11-43. 2012.

of which I will be happy to send you and anyone interested an offprint offlist.

Jan Houben

Jan E.M. HOUBEN
Directeur d’Études
Sources et histoire de la tradition sanskrite

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École Pratique des Hautes Études
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On 10 May 2017 at 20:01, Ofer Peres via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

Dear list members,

I would be very grateful for any reference to secondary literature on the Vedic "Sādhyas."

Many thanks,

Ofer Peres.
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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