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ISBN 13 : 9780895814500
Total Pages : 832 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (145 download)
Download or read book Agni written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 832 pages
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Download or read book Agni written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frits Staal
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ISBN 13 : 9788120816596
Total Pages : 1548 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)
Download or read book Agni, the Vedic Ritual of the Fire Altar written by Frits Staal and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 1548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frits Staal
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ISBN 13 : 9788120816602
Total Pages : 716 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (166 download)
Download or read book Agni written by Frits Staal and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first volume of Agni: The Vedic Ritual of the Fire Altar, contains a discussion of the place of the Agnicayana in the Vedic srauta tradition, its textual loci, traditional and modern interpretations of its origins and significance and an overview of the Nambudiri Vedic tradition. The bulk of the volume, written in close collaboration with C.V. Somayajipad and M.Itti Ravi Nambudiri, is devoted to a detailed description of the 198\75 twelve-day performance, richly illustrated with tipped-in photographs, mostly in colour and almost all by Adelaide de Menil. There are numerous text illustrations, tables and maps. The mantras are published in Devanagari and translation. The second volume, edited with the assistance of Pamela MacFarland, contains contributions by an international galaxy of scholars on archeology, the pre-Vedic Indian background, geometry, ritual vessels, music, Mudras, Mimamsa, a survey of Srauta traditions in recent times, the influence of Vedic ritual in the Homa traditions of Indonesia, Tibet, China, Japan and related topics. There are translations of the relevant Srauta Sutras of Baudhayana (together with Calanda`s text) and the Jaiminiya (with Bhavatrata`s commentary) as well as the Kausitaki Brahmana; and a survey of the project with an inventory of the films and tape recording made in 1975.
Author : Frits Staal
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Download or read book Agni written by Frits Staal and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frits Staal
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 8184758839
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (847 download)
Download or read book Discovering the Vedas written by Frits Staal and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2008-05-14 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A Remarkable Book. It Untangles The Many Complexities Of The Vedas And Combines Staal S Scholarly Respect For The Texts, With Explanations That Are Lucid And Occasionally Witty. His Insights Are Thoughtful And Perceptive. Romila Thapar In This Unprecedented Guide To The Vedas, Frits Staal, The Celebrated Author Of Agni: The Vedic Ritual Of The Fire Altar And Universals: Studies In Indian Logic And Linguistics Examines Almost Every Aspect Of These Ancient Sources Of Indic Civilisation. Staal Extracts Concrete Information From The Oral Tradition And Archaeology About Vedic People And Their Language, What They Thought And Did, And Where They Went And When. He Provides Essential Information About The Vedas And Includes Selections And Translations. Staal Sheds Light On Mantras And Rituals, That Contributed To What Came To Be Known As Hinduism. Significant Is A Modern Analysis Of What We Can Learn From The Vedas Today: The Original Forms Of The Vedic Sciences, As Well As The Perceptive Wisdom Of The Composers Of The Vedas. The Author Puts Vedic Civilisation In A Global Perspective Through A Wide-Ranging Comparison With Other Indic Philosophies And Religions, Primarily Buddhism For Staal, Originally A Logician, The Voyage Of Discovering The Vedas Is Like Unpeeling An Onion But Without The Certainty Of Reaching An End. Even So, His Book Shows That The Vedas Have A Logic All Their Own. Accessible, Finely-Argued, And With A Wealth Of Information And Insight, Discovering The Vedas Is For Both The Scholar And The Interested Lay Reader.
Author : Musashi Tachikawa
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
ISBN 13 : 9788120817814
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (178 download)
Download or read book Indian Fire Ritual written by Musashi Tachikawa and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. This book was released on 2001 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an attempt to explain the most basic ritual called Isti with the help of the original texts and the photographs of the actual performance of that sacrifice that took place in Pune, India, in July 1979. The book contains in all 140 photographs showing various stages of the sacrifice with explanation of the rites. It also provides a Roman transcript of the Sanskrit text of the Pavitrestiprayoga along with its English translation.
Author : George Thompson
Publisher : Contemporary Issues in Buddhis
ISBN 13 : 9781886439641
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)
Download or read book On Meaning and Mantras written by George Thompson and published by Contemporary Issues in Buddhis. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late Johan Frederik (known as Frits) Staal (November 3, 1930-February 19, 2012), was born in Amsterdam and said of his home country, "There was no religion there." While his academic interests included philosophy, Staal's education focused on the study of mathematics, physics, astronomy, and logic. His approach to the study of Vedic religion and ritual was informed by this background, expressed in his assertion that he was not interested in the humanities but in the human sciences. Staal's studies led him to India, where he completed a dissertation, "Advaita and Neoplatonism: A Critical Study in Comparative Philosophy," at the University of Madras. In this period he also pursued research on South Indian Vedic recitation, which culminated in the publication of his first book, Nambudiri Veda Recitation. This laid the groundwork for his massive study of the agnicayana ritual conducted in Kerala in 1975, and the 1983 publication of his two-volume Agni: The Vedic Ritual of the Fire Altar. Staal's research and writings had a wide-ranging influence on many different academic fields, including Vedic studies, Sanskrit studies, linguistics, and ritual studies. In addition to his academic contributions in those fields, he was a founding member of the Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He also contributed to the founding of the Group in Buddhist Studies, which from its advent was intended to balance South and East Asian languages and cultures. This reflects Staal's methodological concern that East Asian Buddhism must be connected to Indian studies, and that Indian studies must also include Buddhism. He said of the Buddha that he "was either India's greatest son or one of two the other being Pānini" ("There is No Religion There," in Jon R. Stone, ed., The Craft of Religious Studies). This collection brings together 32 contributions by personal friends and leading figures in the fields of Vedic, Sanskrit, Indian and ritual studies honoring the life and work of the late Frits Staal. The essays compiled here are by Greg Bailey, Dipak Bhattacharya, Kamaleswar Bhattacharya, Philo Bregstein, Johannes Bronkhorst, Jean Michel Delire, Madhav M. Deshpande, Silvia D'Intino, Finnian M. M. Gerety, Robert Goldman, Sally J. Sutherland Goldman, Phyliss Granoff, Stephanie W. Jamison, Joanna Jurewicz, P. Pratap Kumar, Jeffery D. Long, Thennilapuram Mahadevan, Boris Oguibénine, Carl Olson, André Padoux, Sudalaimuthu Palaniappan, Asko Parpola, Richard K. Payne, Alessandra Petrocchi, Peter M. Scharf, Arvind Sharma, Frederick M. Smith, Romila Thapar, George Thompson, Laurens van Krevelen, Michael Witzel, Hiram Woodward.
Author : Richard Schechner
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812200926
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)
Download or read book Between Theater and Anthropology written by Richard Schechner and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2010-08-03 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In performances by Euro-Americans, Afro-Americans, Native Americans, and Asians, Richard Schechner has examined carefully the details of performative behavior and has developed models of the performance process useful not only to persons in the arts but to anthropologists, play theorists, and others fascinated (but perhaps terrified) by the multichannel realities of the postmodern world. Schechner argues that in failing to see the structure of the whole theatrical process, anthropologists in particular have neglected close analogies between performance behavior and ritual. The way performances are created—in training, workshops, and rehearsals—is the key paradigm for social process.
Author : John F. Mosteller
Publisher : Abhinav Publications
ISBN 13 : 9788170172765
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (727 download)
Download or read book The Measure of Form written by John F. Mosteller and published by Abhinav Publications. This book was released on 1991 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: -----------
Author : Hans T. Bakker
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004412077
Total Pages : 720 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)
Download or read book Holy Ground: Where Art and Text Meet written by Hans T. Bakker and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-12-16 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 31 selected and revised articles in the volume Holy Ground: Where Art and Text Meet, written by Hans Bakker between 1986 and 2016, vary from theoretical subjects to historical essays on the classical culture of India. They combine two mainstreams: the Sanskrit textual tradition, including epigraphy, and the material culture as expressed in works of religious art and iconography. The study of text and art in close combination in the actual field where they meet provides a great potential for understanding. The history of holy places is therefore one of the leitmotivs that binds these studies together. One article, "The Ramtek Inscriptions II", was co-authored by Harunaga Isaacson, two articles, on "Moksadharma 187 and 239–241" and "The Quest for the Pasupata Weapon," by Peter C. Bisschop.
Author : Matthew R. Sayers
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199896437
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)
Download or read book Feeding the Dead written by Matthew R. Sayers and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013-09-12 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author calls attention to the importance of the Vedic domestic ritual codes in the creation of what has come to be known as "classical Hinduism."
Author : Roberto Calasso
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141971819
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)
Download or read book Ardor written by Roberto Calasso and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-11-18 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this revelatory volume, Roberto Calasso, whom the Paris Review has called 'a literary institution', explores the ancient texts known as the Vedas. Little is known about the Vedic people who lived more than three thousand years ago in northern India: they left behind almost no objects, images, ruins. They created no empires. Even the hallucinogenic plant, the soma, which appears at the centre of some of their rituals, has not been identified with any certainty. Only a 'Parthenon of words' remains: verses and formulations suggesting a daring understanding of life. 'If the Vedic people had been asked why they did not build cities,' writes Calasso, 'they could have replied: we did not seek power, but rapture.' This is the ardor of the Vedic world, a burning intensity that is always present, both in the mind and in the cosmos. With his signature erudition and profound sense of the past, Calasso explores the enigmatic web of ritual and myth that define the Vedas. Often at odds with modern thought, he shows how these texts illuminate the nature of consciousness more than neuroscientists have been able to offer us up to now. Following the 'hundred paths' of the Satapatha Brahmana, an impressive exegesis of Vedic ritual, Ardor indicates that it may be possible to reach what is closest by passing through that which is most remote, as 'the whole of Vedic India was an attempt to think further'.
Author : Gonda
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004645675
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (46 download)
Download or read book Prajāpati's Rise to Higher Rank written by Gonda and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-07-17 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sadashiv Ambadas Dange
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Images from Vedic Hymns and Rituals written by Sadashiv Ambadas Dange and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Musashi Tachikawa
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Vedic Domestic Fire-ritual, Sthālīpāka written by Musashi Tachikawa and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The discovery of fire is a very important event in the human civilization. In ancient times, however, it was difficult to create fire. This gave rise to the idea of maintaing the fire all the time and also to fire-worship. Thus, the fireworship is very common in most of the religion in the world.
Author : Julius Eggeling
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3368635972
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (686 download)
Download or read book The Satapatha-Brahmana, According to the Text of the Madhyandina School written by Julius Eggeling and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-12-11 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1891.
