UID:
edocfu_9958353964302883
Format:
1 online resource (1135p.)
ISBN:
9783110240030
Series Statement:
Religion and Society ; 41
Content:
A new way of accessing Hinduism, focusing on the perception and interpretation of sounds and giving a lively insight into sacred literatures, rites, and indigenous scientific systems in India.
Content:
Ein neuer Zugang zum Hinduismus, der Klangwahrnehmung und -deutung ins Zentrum stellt und einen lebendigen Eindruck von Sakralliteraturen, Riten und Wissenschaftssystemen Indiens vermittelt
Note:
Frontmatter --
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Foreword --
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Table of Contents --
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I. Methodology --
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1 Hinduism as a Culture of Sound --
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II. History --
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2 The Veda as a Basic Paradigm for Sacred Language and Sacred Sound --
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3 Composition and Decomposition: Analytical Studies and Popularizations of the Veda - Rationality and Aesthetics of Post-Vedic Literatures and Performing Arts --
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4 Pluralism and the Search for Orientation: De-Sacralization and Re-Sacralization of Language in Poetics, Linguistics, and Metaphysics --
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5 Performance and Sensuality: The Sound Universes of Tantra and Devotionalism --
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6 Sensory Substance: Nada-Brahman in East and West --
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7 Appendix: Music CD - Accompanying Text --
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Primary Sources --
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Secondary Sources --
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Index
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110240030
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110240030
