Mantra

Buch | Softcover

343 Seiten

1988
State University of New York Press (Verlag)
978-0-88706-599-6 (ISBN)

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This book explicates the origin, nature, function, and significance of mantras within the bounds of the Hindu tradition. It explores the use of mantras in the Vedic age, in Saivism and Vaisnavism, in Tantra, and in Ayurvedic medicine.

Harvey P. Alper was Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Southern Methodist University from 1974 to 1987. As a Sanskritist, his primary interest was the religious traditions of South Asia. He served as editor of the SUNY series on Saiva Traditions of Kashmir. Professor Alper died suddenly on April 4, 1987 after completing the editorial work on the present volume.

INTRODUCTION
Harvey P. Alper
1. Mantra kavisasta: Speech as Performative in the Rgveda
Ellison Banks Findly
2. Vedic Mantras
Frits Staal
3. The Mantra in Vedic and Tantric Ritual
Wade T. Wheelock
4. Mantra in Ayurveda: A Study of the Use if Magico-Religious Speech in Ancient Indian Medicine
Kenneth G. Zysk
5. Are Mantras Speech Acts? The Mimamsa Point of View
John Taber
6. The Meaning and Power of Mantras in Bhartrhari's Vakyapadiya
Harold Coward
7. Mantras in the Sivapurana
Ludo Rocher
8. The Use of Mantra in Yogic Meditation: The Testimony of the Pasupata
Gerhard Oberhammer
9. The Pancaratra Attitude to Mantra
Sanjukta Gupta
10. The Cosmos as Siva's Language-Game: "Mantra" According to Ksemaraja's Sivasutravimarsini
Harvey P. Alper
CONCLUSION: Mantras - What Are They?
Andre Padoux
NOTES ON THE CONTRIBUTORS
ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS VOLUME
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST

Erscheint lt. Verlag	23.8.1988
Reihe/Serie	SUNY series in Religious Studies
Verlagsort	Albany, NY
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	481 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus
ISBN-10	0-88706-599-6 / 0887065996
ISBN-13	978-0-88706-599-6 / 9780887065996
Zustand	Neuware