03522nam 22005655 450 991033772400332120200703072616.03-319-96391-010.1007/978-3-319-96391-4(CKB)4100000006671809(MiAaPQ)EBC5517026(DE-He213)978-3-319-96391-4(EXLCZ)99410000000667180920180915d2019 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierLiving Mantra Mantra, Deity, and Visionary Experience Today /by Mani Rao1st ed. 2019.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2019.1 online resource (225 pages)Contemporary Anthropology of Religion3-319-96390-2 Part 1: Preparation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Mountain of Scholarship -- 3. Crossing Over -- 4. Are there Revelations Today? - Part 2: Fieldwork -- 5. Body-Yantra: Sahasrakshi Meru Temple, Devipuram -- 6. Self-Made: Svayam Siddha Kali Pitham, Guntur -- 7. "I am in Mantra, Mantra is in me": Nachiketa Tapovan, Kodgal -- Part 3 -- 8. Understanding Mantra Again.Living Mantra is an anthropology of mantra-experience among Hindu-tantric practitioners. In ancient Indian doctrine and legends, mantras perceived by rishis (seers) invoke deities and have transformative powers. Adopting a methodology that combines scholarship and practice, Mani Rao discovers a continuing tradition of visionaries (rishis/seers) and revelations in south India’s Andhra-Telangana. Both deeply researched and replete with fascinating narratives, the book reformulates the poetics of mantra-practice as it probes practical questions. Can one know if a vision is real or imagined? Is vision visual? Are deity-visions mediated by culture? If mantras are effective, what is the role of devotion? Are mantras language? Living Mantra interrogates not only theoretical questions, but also those a practitioner would ask: how does one choose a deity, for example, or what might bind one to a guru? Rao breaks fresh ground in redirecting attention to the moments that precede systematization and canon-formation, showing how authoritative sources are formed.Contemporary Anthropology of ReligionEthnographyEthnologyReligion and sociologyEthnographyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X12060Social Anthropologyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X12030Cultural Anthropologyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/411060Religion and Societyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/1A8020Sociology of Religionhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X22210Ethnography.Ethnology.Religion and sociology.Ethnography.Social Anthropology.Cultural Anthropology.Religion and Society.Sociology of Religion.294.537Rao Maniauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1063713BOOK9910337724003321Living Mantra2534114UNINA