The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c30.s7.13
The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c30.s7.13
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v2.c30.s7.13
² *Ibid.*, § 5. Hubert and Mauss (*Année sociol.* ii. 81, 82) indeed compare the invocation and consumption of the Iḍā to the Mass and transubstantiation; but this is clearly a grave exaggeration. The Iḍā is the divine power present in the food when eaten: there is no question of the death and eating of a divinity.