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Bringing the Gods to Mind: Mantra and Ritual in Early Indian Sacrifice
Laurie L. Patton
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| #2388638 in Books | 2005-06-27 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.21 x.64 x6.14l,1.25 | File type: PDF | 304 pages||4 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| Good Subject Supercifial Treatment|By The Peripatetic Reader|Laurie Patton's book fills a great need in interpretation of the Vedas and other Vedic scriptures. Interpretations of the Rg Veda and the other Vedas indeed exist in the groundbreaking writings of Sri Aurobindo, but the mantras of the Vedas are cryptic and there is always room for alternate interpretations.
|"Patton does a remarkable job in opening the worlds of Vedic and Indological study. Enhanced by Patton's flashes of beauty and humor, the book is sure to become a standard read." - Jeffrey J. Kripal, Rice University; "Bringing the Gods to Mind is extremely imp
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 compo...
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