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Understanding Mantras SUNY Series in Religious Studies
author
:
Alper, Harvey P.
publisher
:
State University of New York Press
isbn10 | asin
:
0887065988
print isbn13
:
9780887065989
ebook isbn13
:
9780585075600
language
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English
subject
Mantras.
publication date
:
1989
lcc
:
BL1236.36.U53 1989eb
ddc
:
294.5/37
subject
:
Mantras.
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Understanding Mantras
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SUNY Series in Religious Studies Robert Cummings Neville, Editor
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Understanding Mantras
Harvey P. Alper, Editor
State University of New York Press
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Published by State University of New York Press, Albany
1989 State University of New York
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
For information, address State University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y., 12246
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Understanding mantras.
(SUNY series in religious studies) Bibliography: p.1. Mantras. I. Alper, Harvey P., 1945 II. Series.
BL1236.36.U53 988 294.5'37 87-6481
ISBN 0-88706-598-8
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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Contents
Introduction
Harvey P. Alper
1
1 Mntra kavisast*: Speech as Performative in the Rgveda*
Ellison Banks Findly
15
2 Vedic Mantras
Frits Staal
48
3 The Mantra in Vedic and Tantric Ritual
Wade T. Wheelock
96
4 Mantra in Ayurveda*: A Study of the Use of Magico-Religious Speech in Ancient Indian Medicine
Kenneth G. Zysk
123
5 Are Mantras Speech Acts? The Mimamsa* Point of View
John Taber
144
6 The Meaning and Power of Mantras in Bhartrhari's Vakyapadiya*
Harold Coward
165
7 Mantras in the Sivapurana*
Ludo Rocher
177
8 The Use of Mantra in Yogic Meditation: The Testimony of the Pasupata*
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