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Bringing the Gods to Mind : Mantra and Ritual in Early Indian Sacrifice.

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 sacri...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Patton, Laurie L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2001.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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.
  • Conclusions: Laughter and the Creeper MantraNotes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index Locorum; Index Nominum; General Index.