The 'hawk' sacrifice, a Vedic rite performed to kill an enemy. The Mimamsa verdict on it, that it is effective yet must not be performed, is the tradition's oldest argument that a means can work and still be forbidden.

Where this term appears

• The Shatkarma: The Six Acts of Tantric Magic Lineages →

  The high ritual tradition preserved the shyena , the "hawk" sacrifice, a rite performed for the express purpose of killing an enemy.

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