Umfang:
Online-Ressource (xv, 289 p)
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0520240871
Inhalt:
This elegantly written book introduces a new perspective on Indic religious history by rethinking the role of mantra in Vedic ritual. In Bringing the Gods to Mind, Laurie Patton takes a new look at mantra as "performed poetry" and in five case studies draws a portrait of early Indian sacrifice that moves beyond the well-worn categories of "magic" and "magico-religious" thought in Vedic sacrifice. Treating Vedic mantra as a sophisticated form of artistic composition, she develops the idea of metonymy, or associational thought, as a major motivator for the use of mantra in sacrificial performanc
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part One: The Theories; 1. Poetry, Ritual, and Associational Thought in Early India: The Sources; 2. Poetry, Ritual, and Associational Thought in Early India: The Theories; 3. Viniyoga: The Recovery of a Hermeneutic Principle; Part Two: The Case Studies; 4. Fire, Light, and Ingesting over Time; 5. The Vedic "Other": Spoilers of Success; 6. A History of the Quest for Mental Power; 7. The Poetics of Paths: Mantras of Journeys; 8. A Short History of Heaven: From Making to Gaining the Highest Abode
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Conclusions: Laughter and the Creeper MantraNotes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index Locorum; Index Nominum; General Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780520240872
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Bringing the Gods to Mind : Mantra and Ritual in Early Indian Sacrifice
Sprache:
Englisch
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