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Vedic Tantrism, A Study of Rgvidhana of Saunaka with Text and Translation
M. S. Bhat
Motilal Banarsidass Pub
Motilal Banarsidass Pub
The Rgvidhana ascribed to Saunaka is the earliest manual of magic or magic-religious rites and practices anticipating the later tantric rites. It employs hymns, parts of hymns and even verses from the Rgveda for those who are desirous of attaining...
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Bringing the Gods to Mind: Mantra and Ritual in Early Indian Sacrifice
Laurie L. Patton
University of California Press
University of California Press
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...
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Shining in the Ancient Sea: The Astronomical Ancestry of Homer's Odyssey
Laurin R. Johnson
Multonomah House
Multonomah House
Shining in the Ancient Sea is written for the non-specialist, although it does assume that the reader is familiar with Homer's Odyssey. The book contends that the voyage of Odysseus took place in the night sky, not in the Mediterranean Sea as is...
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Philosophical Foundations of Hinduism
R. S. Misra
Munshirm Manoharlal Pub Pvt Ltd
Munshirm Manoharlal Pub Pvt Ltd
Philosophy and religion were never kept apart from each other in Indian philosophical tradition. The Vedas, the Upanisads and the Bhagavadgita provide strong and unshakable philosophical foundations to Hinduism. In the present book, Dr. Misra has...
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