The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s14.31
The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s14.31
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30. See A. Hillebrandt, *Ritualliteratur* (Strassburg, 1897), 58. Weber mentions this ritual in *Religionssoziologie*, 2: 58. On the mahāvrata see also chapter 2, section 6. It is in the context of the mahāvrata that the texts place the mythical fight between Prajāpati and Death, which ended with Prajapati's definitive victory and the elimination of sacrificial battle.