rājasūya

Hinduism

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In Hinduism: The Brahmanas and Aranyakas
…of the royal consecration, the rajasuya, emphasized royal power and endowed the king with a divine charisma, raising him, at least for the duration of the ceremony, to the status of a god. Typical of this period was the elaborate ashvamedha, the horse sacrifice, in which a consecrated horse was…
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