Alper, Harvey P <br/><br/>
Understanding mantras/ 
Harvey P Alper 
 - Delhi:  MBP,  1991. 
 - 540 p. 
<br/><br/>1 Mantra kaviiastd: Speech as Performative in the Rgveda<br/>Ellison Banks Findly<br/>2 Vedic Mantras<br/>Frits Staal<br/>3 The Mantra in Vedic and Tantric Ritual<br/>Wade T. Wheelock<br/>4 Mantra in Ayurveda: A Study of the Use of<br/>Magico-Religious Speech in Ancient Indian Medicine<br/>Kenneth G. Zysk<br/>5 Are Mantras Speech Acts? The Mimamsa Point of View<br/>John Taber<br/>6 The Meaning and Power of Mantras<br/>in Bhartrhari's Vdkyapadiya<br/>Harold Coward<br/>7 Mantras in the Sivapurdna<br/>Ludo Rocher<br/>8 The Use of Mantra in Yogic Meditation:<br/>The Testimony of the Pdsupata<br/>Gerhard Oberhammer<br/>9 The Pahcaratra Attitude to Mantra<br/>Sanjukta Gupta<br/>10 The Cosmos as Siva's Language-Game:<br/>"Mantra" According to K$emaraja's Sivasutravimarsini<br/>Harvey P. Alper 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>8120807464 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Tantrismus<br/>Schiwaismus<br/>Vishnuismus
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>294.537  / ALP/U