Rituals & mantras: ritual, mantras and the human sciences / (Record no. 159120)
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| fixed length control field | 00332nam a2200133Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780820405537 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 203.8 |
| Item number | STA/R |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Staal, Frits |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Rituals & mantras: ritual, mantras and the human sciences / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Frits Staal |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Delhi : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | MBP, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1996. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 490p. ; |
| Dimensions | 23cm. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Methods, Meanings and Rules<br/>Introductory Note<br/>Meanings and Rules in the Human Sciences<br/>The Empiricist Caricature of Science<br/>The Positivist Critique of Meaning<br/> Ludwig Wittgenstein<br/>Martin Heidegger and Hans-Georg Gadamer<br/> Linguistic Background<br/>The Origins of Linguistics in India<br/>Contemporary Linguistics and Rules<br/>Noam Chomsky<br/>Chomsky versus Wittgenstein<br/>Ritual<br/>Introductory Note<br/> Vedic Ritual.<br/>The Agnicayana Ritual.<br/>Basic Rites<br/> The Isti<br/>Soma Sequences<br/>The Structure of Ritual<br/>Embedding and Transformation .<br/> The Kindling Verses ...<br/>From Agnistoma to Agnicayana<br/> The Final Sastra for the Asvin Twins<br/> Conclusions<br/> Ritual and Grammar<br/> Interpretations of Ritual..<br/> Indian Interpretations .<br/> Western Interpretations<br/> The Meaninglessness of Ritual.<br/>Anthropology without Asia<br/>Raymond Firth<br/> Victor Turner.<br/> Syntax, Semantics and Performatives.<br/> Music and Ritual<br/>Seven Musical Structures<br/> Seven Ritual Structures..<br/>Conclusions<br/>Part III. Mantras<br/>Introductory Note<br/> Six Vedic Mantras<br/> Ritual Context ...<br/> The Syntax of Stobhas<br/> Vedic and Tantric Man<br/>Performatives, Pragmatics and Performance.<br/>Performatives Again.<br/>Pragmatics<br/>Performance and Competence<br/>Mantras and Language..<br/>Mantras and Bird Songs<br/>Mantras by Chance.<br/>Anthropology without Mantras<br/>Object Semantics: Stanley Tambiah<br/>Psycho-Semantics: Gananath Obeyesekere<br/>Thick Semantics: Cliflford Geertz<br/>The Human Sciences<br/>The Science of Ritual<br/>Oral Traditions<br/>Religions<br/>Seeking Religion in Asia<br/>Seeking out the Buddha.<br/> Mythology<br/>Philosophy of Religion<br/> The Myth of the Two Cultures<br/> Conclusions<br/> The Origin of Language.<br/>Michel Foucault<br/>Concluding Generalities.<br/> "Writing in the Sky"Hermeneutics and<br/> A Neoplatonic Parallel<br/>Bibliography.<br/>Index of Names.<br/>FIGURES<br/>The Ritual Enclosure<br/>TABLES<br/>The Samidhenl Verses<br/>Sequence of Rites on the Third and Fourth Days. |
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| Keyword | Ritual. |
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| Keyword | Mantra. |
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| Keyword | Hinduismus. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | General Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession number | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Koha item type |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 29/08/2016 | 203.8 STA/R | P13952 | 14/07/2018 | 14/07/2018 | General Books |