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Bringing the gods to mind : mantra and ritual in early Indian sacrifice /
Patton introduces a new perspective on Indic religious history by rethinking the role of mantra in Vedic ritual. Treating Vedic mantra as a form of artistic composition she develops the idea of metonymy, or associational thought, as a major motivator for the use of mantra in sacrificial performance.
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2005.
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Table of 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
- Conclusions: Laughter and the Creeper MantraNotes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index Locorum; Index Nominum; General Index