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The Long-Haired One: Reading the Keśin Hymn (RV 10.136) and the Vedic Roots of Ecstasy
A close reading of the Rigveda's strangest seven verses, where wind-girdled ascetics fly with the gods and drink poison beside Rudra. What this hymn does and does not tell us about the origins of yoga, asceticism, and ecstatic flight in ancient India.