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.

UNINA9910459717903321

Autore

Bingen Hildegard von

Titolo

Physica . Band 3 Kommentiertes Register der deutschen wörter : Liber subtilitatum diversarum naturarum creaturarum / / Hildegard von Bingen ; herausgegeben von Reiner Hildebrandt und Thomas Gloning

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

3-11-035326-1

3-11-036816-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (430 p.)

Disciplina

610.902

Soggetti

Medicine, Medieval

Materia medica

Botany, Medical

Medicinal plants

Herbs - Therapeutic use

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Vorwort -- Inhalt -- Einleitung -- Kommentiertes Register der deutschen Wörter -- A -- B -- D -- E -- F/V -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K/C -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Z -- Korrigenda und Ergänzungen zu Band 1 und 2 der Physica

Sommario/riassunto

Supplementing the two-volume edition of Hildegard von Bingen's Physica, this book systematically assembles and provides lexicographic validation for the German vocabulary (1,038 German words) in the Physica. The Index impressively documents Hildegard's unique contribution to expanding the scope of vernacular expression



(especially in the Rhine-Franconian dialect) during the early phase of German language development.