The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s1.7
The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s1.7
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7. This would seem to be what is intended by J. F. Staal, "The Meaninglessness of Ritual," *Numen* 26 (1979): 2–22. Vedic ritual, on which Staal builds his case, consciously maximizes the potential of ritual for structure. It has structure instead of meaning. This, however, need not be the case everywhere for all ritual. I have expanded this theme in "The Ritualist's Problem," an article that will appear in a forthcoming volume edited by S. D. Joshi in honor of R. N. Dandekar.