Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c27.s3.91
Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c27.s3.91
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v2.c27.s3.91
The ὠμοφαγία, or eating raw flesh with the blood, was a part of the secret mysteries of Osiris, in commemoration of the happy change in the condition of mankind from savage to civilized life, and intended to deter by disgust the return thereto.¹