Screen LibrarySound and communication : an aesthetic cultural history of Sanskrit Hinduism /
A new way of accessing Hinduism, focusing on the perception and interpretation of sounds and giving a lively insight into sacred literatures, rites, and indigenous scientific systems in India.
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De Gruyter,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin ;Boston : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2011] ©2011 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Religion and society ;
41 |
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| Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110240030 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9783110240030.jpg |
| Summary: |
A new way of accessing Hinduism, focusing on the perception and interpretation of sounds and giving a lively insight into sacred literatures, rites, and indigenous scientific systems in India. Ein neuer Zugang zum Hinduismus, der Klangwahrnehmung und -deutung ins Zentrum stellt und einen lebendigen Eindruck von Sakralliteraturen, Riten und Wissenschaftssystemen Indiens vermittelt |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (1135pages). |
| ISBN: | 9783110240030 |
| Index Number: | BL1215 |
| CLC: | B982.9 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Table of Contents -- I. Methodology -- 1 Hinduism as a Culture of Sound -- II. History -- 2 The Veda as a Basic Paradigm for Sacred Language and Sacred Sound -- 3 Composition and Decomposition: Analytical Studies and Popularizations of the Veda - Rationality and Aesthetics of Post-Vedic Literatures and Performing Arts -- 4 Pluralism and the Search for Orientation: De-Sacralization and Re-Sacralization of Language in Poetics, Linguistics, and Metaphysics -- 5 Performance and Sensuality: The Sound Universes of Tantra and Devotionalism -- 6 Sensory Substance: Nada-Brahman in East and West -- 7 Appendix: Music CD - Accompanying Text -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Index |