Discovering the Vedas: origins, mantras, rituals, insights
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Penguin Books
2008
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [354]-401) and index |
| Beschreibung: | XXXVI, 419 S., [16] S. Ill., Kt. 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780143099864 |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS XIII LIST OF TABLES XIV PREFACE XV
TRANSLITERATION OF SANSKRIT XXXV PART I: ORIGINS AND BACKGROUNDS ONE OR
MANY? 1 1. GEOGRAPHY OF THE VEDAS AND THEIR LANGUAGE 3 THE RIGVEDA AND
THE INDUS CIVILIZATION 7 * MITANNI VEDIC AND INDIE GENETICS 11 *
GEOGRAPHY AND INDO- EUROPEAN 19 * THE IRANIAN WEDGE AND THE BMAC 22 *
THE TARIM MUMMIES 25 2. ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE ORAL TRADITION 31
DIVERSITIES OF RELIABILITY 31 * CARTS, CHARIOTS AND THE MIND 33 * INDIE
REPRESENTATIONS OF SPOKE- WHEELED CHARIOTS 37 * SINTASHTA 39 * ATTESTED
LOCATIONS ON THE WAY TO INDIA 41 * NOTE ON ARYAN AND RACE 49 PART II:
THE VEDAS CONSTRUCTING AN EDIFICE 51 CONTENTS 3. CIVILIZATION AND
SOCIETY 53 ABSENCE OF CASTE IN THE VEDAS 53 * VEDIC EVIDENCE AND
SCHOLARLY DISCUSSIONS 55 * VARYING TERMINOLOGIES AND THE FIRST VEDIC
VILLAGES 60 * RATHAKDRA AND A NOTE ON WOMEN 62 4. THE FOUR VEDAS 69
EARLY VEDIC 70 * MIDDLE VEDIC 71 * LATE VEDIC 76 * THE APOTHEOSIS OF
SCHOOLS 78 5. RIGVEDA 87 GODS, COMPOSERS AND METRES 88 * AGNI 92 * INDRA
94 * SOMA 96 * A SPECULATIVE POEM 101 * THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF THE VEDA
104 6. SAMAVEDA 107 SINGING IN VILLAGES AND FORESTS 116 7. YAJURVEDA 118
THE ROLE OF THE YAJURVEDA 118 * THE RITUAL ARENA 121 * YAJURVEDA MANTRAS
AND BRDHMANAS 123 8. ATHARVAVEDA 136 THE THESIS OFKAUTSA 141 9.
BRAHMANAS AND ARANYAKAS 147 VILLAGES, FORESTS AND THE ECOLOGY 147 *
BRDHMANAS AND ARANYAKAS 14 9 * LOCATING OBSCURITIES, ESOTERICISM AND
IRRATIONALITIES 153 10. UPANISADS 159 GENERALITIES 159 * KARMA, REBIRTH
AND LIFE AFTER DEATH 167 * KARMA, JNDNA AND BHAKTI 173 * IN THAT
CONTENTS WAY YOU ARE 178 * DHYDNA, MEDITATION AND THE END OF THE VEDA
182 * THE TWO MAIN CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE UPANISADS 185 PART III:
ANALYSING THE VEDAS HOW TO DISCOVER 189 11. MANTRAS 191 THE
MEANINGLESSNESS OF MANTRAS 191 * LANGUAGE, SYNTAX AND RECURSIVENESS 195
* STEPS BEYOND KAUTSA 203 * PRAGMATICS, SPEECH ACTS AND BIRD SONG 205 *
THE GAYATRI MANTRA 213 12. RITUAL 222 MANTRA AND KALPA 222 * THE
EXCLUSION OFSRAUTA FROM ANTHROPOLOGY IN ENGLISH 224 * SELF-EMBEDDING AND
OTHER ANIMALS 228 * HOW THE PRIESTS WORK TOGETHER 233 * HUMAN SACRIFICE
237 13. SECRETS OF THE SADAS 242 SOMA SEQUENCES 242 * MOVING SOUTH AND
EAST 245 * NEVER SEEING EYE TO EYE 248 * FACING ALL DIRECTIONS 249 *
EPILOGUE 252 PART IV: WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THE VEDAS? ANALYSIS AND
DISCOVERY 255 14. SUTRA: VEDIC SCIENCES 257 THE CONCEPT OF SCIENCE AND
ITS ANCIENT HISTORY 257 * THE TRADITIONAL LIST AND THE CONCEPT OF SUTRA
260 CONTENTS * THE SCIENCE OF RITUAL 263 * GEOMETRY 265 * NUMBERS AND
INFINITY 272 * VEDIC MATHEMATICS 275 * THE PRDTISDKHYAS AND THE
PADAPDTHA 276 * THE SOUND PATTERN OF LANGUAGE 279 * NOTATIONS AND
ARTIFICIAL LANGUAGES 282 * ASTRONOMY AND ASTROLOGY 284 15. VEDIC
INSIGHTS 288 TOWARDS UNIVERSALITY 288 * THE POWERS OF LANGUAGE 290 * THE
LIMITATIONS OF LANGUAGE 295 * CONCLUSIONS 300 PART V: THE VEDAS AND
BUDDHISM AFTER THE VEDAS 303 16. BUDDHISM 305 WHY BUDDHISM? 1 305 *
HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY AND AN INKLING OF NIRVANA 309 * ABOUT THE VEDAS AND
BUDDHISM 317 * ENTERING THE ORDER, WOMEN AND SEXUALITIES 321 * AHIMSD
AND THE PUBLIC DOMAIN 324 * ESCHATOLOGY AND KARMIC ARITHMETIC 326 *
CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS 330 * DHARMA AND CAKRA 333 * THE FIRST UNIVERSITY
AND BUDDHIST LOGIC 337 * FINAL CONCLUSIONS 345 APPENDIX I. LIU HUI S
PROOF OF THE THEOREM OF BAUDHAYANA 348 APPENDIX II. EUCLID S PROOF OF
THE THEOREM OF BAUDHAYANA 349 READINGS 352 CONTENTS SOURCE NOTES 354
BIBLIOGRAPHY 384 COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 402 INDEX 403
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