[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.c36.s3.7 # The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c36.s3.7 The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c36.s3.7 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c36.s3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c36.s3.7) ⁵ Possibly the idea of the Fathers clothed only in their hair (Petavatthu, i. 10. 2) may here be present ; Oldenberg (\*Rel. des Veda\*², p. 552) insists on taking all offerings of hair as redemptions of self. But it is enough to recognize that a hair offering brings the living into close communion with the dead as is shown in many of the usages. Cf. Wilken, \*Rev. Col. Int.\* iii. 225 ff. ; iv. 345 ff. ; Frazer, \*Magic Art\*, i. 28 ff. ; Gruppe, \*Griech. Myth.\*, p. 913 ; Cook, \*Zeus\*, i. 23, 24 ; Samter, \*Geburt, Hochzeit und Tod\*, pp. 179 ff. ; \*ERE.\* iv. 431 ff. Cf. above, p. 428, n. 5. Disguise is an inadequate motive. - [Previous: v2.c36.s3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c36.s3.6) - [Next: v2.c36.s3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c36.s3.8) - [Up: v2.c36.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c36.s3) ## Cites (1) - [Petavatthu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.petavatthu) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c36.s3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c36.s3.7) · Pramāṇa