Burde, Jayant <br/><br/>
Rituals, mantras, and science: an integral perspective/ 
Jayant Burde 
 - Delhi :  motilal banarsidass publishers,  2004. 
 - xxi,262p. :  ill. ;  25cm. 
 - 	India's scientific heritage, 11. .
<br/><br/>Part I<br/>RELIGIOUS RITUALS<br/>1. Vedic and Ancient India<br/>1. Aryans in India<br/>2. The Vedas <br/>3. Religion and Dharma<br/>4. Varna and Caste <br/>5. The Stages of Life<br/>6. Later Gods<br/>7. The Schools of Philosophy<br/>2. Rituals and Mantras<br/>1. The Alphabet <br/>2. Religious Rituals <br/>3. Sixteen Sarnskaras<br/>4. Sacrifice<br/>5. Funeral Rites<br/>6. MTmarnsa <br/>7. Mantras<br/>8. Types of Mantras<br/>9. BTja Mantras <br/>10. Om and Soham<br/><br/>3. Tantra and Yoga<br/><br/>1. Tantra <br/>2. Anatomy and Physiology<br/>3. Kaula Tantra "Samaya and MiSra Schools <br/>4. KundalinT Dynamics<br/>5. Yoga <br/>6. Yantras <br/>7. Yantras and Symmetry<br/>8. Mudras<br/><br/>Part II<br/>ANALYTICAL TOOLS<br/><br/>4. Knowledge<br/>1. Analytic-Synthetic Dichotomy<br/>2. Induction<br/>3. Memory and Oral Tradition <br/>4. The Postulates of Induction<br/>5. Science<br/><br/>1. Knowledge and Science<br/>2. Characteristics of Science<br/>3. Hypothesis and Verification<br/>6. Meaning and Interpretation<br/><br/>1. The Meaning of 'Meaning'<br/>2. Truth<br/>3. Interpretation<br/>4. Hermeneutics<br/><br/>7. Structure<br/>1. Introduction<br/>2. Relations <br/>3. Structural Similarity<br/>4. Transmission of Structures<br/>5. Symmetry<br/>6. Recursion<br/>7. Permutations and Combinations<br/>8. Geometrical Transformations<br/><br/>8. Rituals in General<br/>I. The Nature of Rituals<br/>2. Transactional Analysis<br/>3. Animal Rituals <br/>4. Ritual Structures<br/>5. Ritual and Abnormal Behaviour <br/>6. Existentialism<br/><br/>Part III<br/>RITUALS AND SCIENCE<br/><br/>9. Language<br/>I. Semiotics <br/>2. The Features of Language<br/>3. Syntax and Semantics <br/>4. Phylogenetic Changes<br/>5. Verse <br/>6. Sanskrit Verse<br/><br/>10. Music<br/>I. Indian Music <br/>2. Musical Structure <br/>3. Percussion and Rhythm<br/><br/>11. The Structure of Religious Ritual<br/>1. Rituals, Mantras and GRS <br/>2. Yantras and Ritual<br/>3. Awakening of Mantras <br/>4. GayatrT Mantra <br/>5. Puja<br/><br/>12. Major Religious Rituals<br/>1. Worship Rituals and their Structure <br/>2. Major Pujas<br/>3. The Rites of Passage<br/><br/>13. Mantras and Language<br/>1. Pre-linguistic Sounds <br/>2. Bird Songs<br/>3. Are' Mantras Language?<br/><br/>14. The Interpretation of Rituals<br/>1. Meaning and Meaninglessness <br/>2. Rituals and Culture<br/>3. Rituals and Instinct<br/>15. Science, Non-Science and Pseudo-science<br/>1. Falsificationism <br/>2. Mantra astra <br/>3. Supernatural Powers<br/>4. Pseudo-science <br/>5. Vedic Mathematics <br/>6. Siddhis and Science<br/>16. The Science of Ritual<br/>1. Indian Science of Ritual 2. The General Theory of Rituals 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>8120820533 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>	 Ritual.<br/> Hinduism -- Rituals. <br/>Mantras.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>294.5165  / BUR/R