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

• Autore: Patton Laurie L. <1961->
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (306 p.)
• Disciplina: 294.5/38
• Soggetto topico: Hinduism - Rituals; Mantras
• Soggetto non controllato: atharva 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
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Bringing the gods to mind
• ISBN: 0-520-93088-6; 1-282-35741-7; 9786612357411; 1-59875-522-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783316703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II