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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 "magicoreligious" 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.Patton begins with the Rg Vedic hymns, the mantras themselves, and then follows the Asvalayana and Sankhayana schools, where the mantras are applied in the public ritual activity of the Srauta rites, and the domestic sphere of the Grhya rites. She ends with the more broadly practical sphere of the Vidhana texts, where mantras apply to almost any situation. Using this lineage, she conducts sma

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Author

Laurie L Patton; NetLibrary, Inc

Publisher

University of California Press

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9781282357419

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Religion, History, American Studies