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Bringing the gods to mind : mantra and ritual in early Indian sacrifice / Laurie L. Patton.
De Gruyter University of California Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Patton, Laurie L., 1961-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hinduism--Rituals.
- Hinduism.
- Mantras.
- Vedas--Recitation.
- Vedas.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (306 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 performance. Filling a long-standing gap in our understanding, her book provides a history of the Indian interpretive imagination and a study of the mental creativity and hermeneutic sophistication of Vedic religion.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 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
- 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 Mantra
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- Index Nominum
- General Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612357411
- 9780520930889
- 0520930886
- 9781282357419
- 1282357417
- 9781598755220
- 1598755226
- OCLC:
- 475938143
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