1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450344403321

Autore

Patton Laurie L. <1961->

Titolo

Bringing the gods to mind [[electronic resource] ] : mantra and ritual in early Indian sacrifice / / Laurie L. Patton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004

ISBN

0-520-93088-6

1-282-35741-7

9786612357411

1-59875-522-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (306 p.)

Disciplina

294.5/38

Soggetti

Hinduism - Rituals

Mantras

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459525203321

Autore

Kosack Stephen

Titolo

From the ground up [[electronic resource] ] : improving government performance with independent monitoring organizations / / Stephen Kosack, Courtney Tolmie, and Charles Griffin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : Brookings Institution Press, c2010

ISBN

1-282-52567-0

9786612525674

0-8157-0436-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (135 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

TolmieCourtney

GriffinCharles C. <1951->

Disciplina

352.8/8

Soggetti

Government accountability - Developing countries

Transparency in government - Developing countries

Civil society - Developing countries

Non-governmental organizations - Developing countries

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Improving governance from the ground up -- Gather the budget data -- Follow the money -- Examine the spending -- Recommend solutions -- Disseminate and advocate -- Possibilities and lessons of independent monitoring.

Sommario/riassunto

Beginning in 2007, the Transparency and Accountability Project of  the Brookings Institution and the Results for Development Institute sponsored 16 "independent monitoring agencies" that "undertook expenditure- or performance- monitoring projects in health and education" in Africa, East and South Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin



America.  This book is a compilation of  those organizations'  findings -- x-xi

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910678074303321

Titolo

Descriptive analysis in sensory evaluation / / edited by Sarah E. Kemp, Joanne Hort, Tracey Hollowood

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

1-118-99166-4

1-118-99167-2

1-118-99165-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 pages)

Collana

Sensory Evaluation

Disciplina

660.072

Soggetti

Sensory evaluation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.