04613nam 2201177Ia 450 991078331670332120230617024548.00-520-93088-61-282-35741-797866123574111-59875-522-610.1525/9780520930889(CKB)1000000000030740(EBL)231906(OCoLC)475938143(SSID)ssj0000114863(PQKBManifestationID)11139099(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000114863(PQKBWorkID)10124954(PQKB)11729901(StDuBDS)EDZ0000084722(MiAaPQ)EBC231906(OCoLC)60312564(MdBmJHUP)muse30566(DE-B1597)520265(DE-B1597)9780520930889(Au-PeEL)EBL231906(CaPaEBR)ebr10079965(CaONFJC)MIL235741(OCoLC)936897800(EXLCZ)99100000000003074020040210d2004 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrBringing the gods to mind[electronic resource] mantra and ritual in early Indian sacrifice /Laurie L. PattonBerkeley University of California Press20041 online resource (306 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-24087-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 IndexThis 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.HinduismRitualsMantrasatharva veda.bandhu.brahmana.brahmin.ceremony.chanting.deity.devata.eastern religion.food studies.grhya.hinduism.hymns.india.indian sacrifice.indic religion.magic.mantra.meditation.metonymy.mindfulness.performance theory.performed poetry.religion.religious belief.religious history.religious poetry.religious practice.rite.ritual.sacrifice.soma.south asia.spirituality.srauta literature.supernatural.tradition.upanisads.vedic ritual.vedic.vidhana.viniyoga.visualization.HinduismRituals.Mantras.294.5/38Patton Laurie L.1961-1467816MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783316703321Bringing the gods to mind3678663UNINA