[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925) › v2.c32.s8.4 # The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c32.s8.4 The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c32.s8.4 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c32.s8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c32.s8.4) Slightly different is another method of producing magic results: in this case the nature of the offering chosen differs essentially from the ordinary sacrifice: thus ants are offered poison;⁴ for a rival reed-points are sacrificed, the order of sacrifice being also altered;⁵ to win cattle,⁶ dung of a pair of calves, to win sheep, of a pair of sheep, is offered: long life is aimed at by offering nails of Khadira wood; and from the practice of passing people through holes to rub off evil or make them invisible to their foes, the use of sacrificing through a hole¹ naturally came into existence. - [Previous: v2.c32.s8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c32.s8.3) - [Next: v2.c32.s8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c32.s8.5) - [Up: v2.c32.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c32.s8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c32.s8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c32.s8.4) · Pramāṇa