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عنوان مقاله [English]
In the ancient times, sacrifice was the most important rite in India and
Iran. In India, sacrifice gradually became a sophisticated rite, to such a
degree that its performance required the attendance of several priests.
There was a rigid doctrine that the cosmic order was in accordance with
the rite of sacrifice. The detailed description of the ritual was collected
in several books which are called Brahmanas. In fact, Brahmanas
reflect the age of ritualism, in which the priests were the most powerful
men in India. In ancient Iran, for the orthodox Zoroastrianism, sacrifice
was a religious obligation and its obligatory character is traceable from
Yasna.
Comparing the Indian and Iranian traditions, reveals many
similarities: Firstly, in both traditions, sacrifice grew out of a common
Indo-Iranian root. Although there are some references to the ritual in
Rgveda, its full development occurred in the later scriptures (in
Brahmanas). On the other side, in the Gathas of Zoroaster, sacrifice is
described as an undesirable act, but later (in Yasna) it became the
central rite of Zoroastrianism. In later periods, the glorious rite of
sacrifice declined in both lands, in India because of esotericism and in
Iran due to the external factors (i.e. the advent of Islam).
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