[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908) › c7.19 # The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c7.19 The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c7.19 - **Language:** English ### [c7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c7.19) We may turn this about the other way and prove the example. Just as it is possible for a brilliant poet of the Rig-Veda to institute comparisons between glorious Dawn and the tawdry sacrifice post, so it is possible for another poet to consider the sacrifice post as a subject fit for high poetic treatment. We are accustomed to make allowance for symbolism in connection with articles belonging to ritual, but I question whether the poets of any other land have ever turned their talents to such curious use: - [Previous: c7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c7.18) - [Next: c7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c7.20) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c7.19) · Pramāṇa