Sentence examples for ritual texts from inspiring English sources

It is best known from the ritual texts called the Iguvine Tables.

Hymns, at one level, and omen or ritual texts, at another level, are clearly religious.

From references in Vedic literature it appears that side by side with the ritual texts there flourished a more secular literature carried on by bards.

In communities without writing, certain persons memorize narratives, poems, songs, prayers, ritual texts, and the like, and these are passed on, with new creations in such styles, to succeeding generations.

The chaofu was a very elaborate court ceremonial dress; the emperor's robe was adorned with the auspicious 12 symbols described in ancient ritual texts, while princes and high officials were allowed nine symbols or fewer according to rank.

Zhouli, ( Chinese: "Rites of Zhou") Wade-Giles romanization Chou-li, also called Zhouguan ("Offices of Zhou"), one of three ancient ritual texts listed among the Nine, Twelve, and Thirteen Classics of Confucianism.

The Seder features four cups of wine, a ritual text, various fruits, cakes and other delicacies.

Throughout the history of religious Taoism, the Tao Te Ching has been used as a ritual text.

The Dharanisamuccya translated to Chinese by the monk Atigupta (Atikuta) in 654 CE describes a ritual to worship the Dual Kangiten; the same ritual was replicated by Amoghavajra (705 774) in his ritual text Daishoten Kangi Soshin Binayaka ho.

Explicitly founded as a "Mystery/initiatory cult which erotically celebrates Life through male love", Buczynski's Minoan tradition took the rituals of Gardnerian Wicca as its basis, but adapted them, with a new liturgy being written by him and placed within a ritual text known as the Book of the Mysteries.

In the cultural case, correlated transmission may arise because the traits are functionally or symbolically interrelated (e.g. the rituals, texts and institutions of a religion), or because they are repeatedly borrowed from the same source (e.g. French words in the English language).