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Rituals, mantras, and science: an integral perspective/ Jayant Burde

By: Burde, Jayant Material type: Text

TextSeries: India's scientific heritage, 11Publication details: Delhi : motilal banarsidass publishers, 2004Description: xxi,262p. : ill. ; 25cmISBN: 8120820533Subject(s): Ritual | Hinduism -- Rituals | MantrasDDC classification: 294.5165

Contents:

Part I RELIGIOUS RITUALS 1. Vedic and Ancient India 1. Aryans in India 2. The Vedas 3. Religion and Dharma 4. Varna and Caste 5. The Stages of Life 6. Later Gods 7. The Schools of Philosophy 2. Rituals and Mantras 1. The Alphabet 2. Religious Rituals 3. Sixteen Sarnskaras 4. Sacrifice 5. Funeral Rites 6. MTmarnsa 7. Mantras 8. Types of Mantras 9. BTja Mantras 10. Om and Soham 3. Tantra and Yoga 1. Tantra 2. Anatomy and Physiology 3. Kaula Tantra "Samaya and MiSra Schools 4. KundalinT Dynamics 5. Yoga 6. Yantras 7. Yantras and Symmetry 8. Mudras Part II ANALYTICAL TOOLS 4. Knowledge 1. Analytic-Synthetic Dichotomy 2. Induction 3. Memory and Oral Tradition 4. The Postulates of Induction 5. Science 1. Knowledge and Science 2. Characteristics of Science 3. Hypothesis and Verification 6. Meaning and Interpretation 1. The Meaning of 'Meaning' 2. Truth 3. Interpretation 4. Hermeneutics 7. Structure 1. Introduction 2. Relations 3. Structural Similarity 4. Transmission of Structures 5. Symmetry 6. Recursion 7. Permutations and Combinations 8. Geometrical Transformations 8. Rituals in General I. The Nature of Rituals 2. Transactional Analysis 3. Animal Rituals 4. Ritual Structures 5. Ritual and Abnormal Behaviour 6. Existentialism Part III RITUALS AND SCIENCE 9. Language I. Semiotics 2. The Features of Language 3. Syntax and Semantics 4. Phylogenetic Changes 5. Verse 6. Sanskrit Verse 10. Music I. Indian Music 2. Musical Structure 3. Percussion and Rhythm 11. The Structure of Religious Ritual 1. Rituals, Mantras and GRS 2. Yantras and Ritual 3. Awakening of Mantras 4. GayatrT Mantra 5. Puja 12. Major Religious Rituals 1. Worship Rituals and their Structure 2. Major Pujas 3. The Rites of Passage 13. Mantras and Language 1. Pre-linguistic Sounds 2. Bird Songs 3. Are' Mantras Language? 14. The Interpretation of Rituals 1. Meaning and Meaninglessness 2. Rituals and Culture 3. Rituals and Instinct 15. Science, Non-Science and Pseudo-science 1. Falsificationism 2. Mantra astra 3. Supernatural Powers 4. Pseudo-science 5. Vedic Mathematics 6. Siddhis and Science 16. The Science of Ritual 1. Indian Science of Ritual 2. The General Theory of Rituals

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	294.5165 BUR/R (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out	28/05/2024	P13955

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Part I
RELIGIOUS RITUALS
1. Vedic and Ancient India
1. Aryans in India
2. The Vedas
3. Religion and Dharma
4. Varna and Caste
5. The Stages of Life
6. Later Gods
7. The Schools of Philosophy
2. Rituals and Mantras
1. The Alphabet
2. Religious Rituals
3. Sixteen Sarnskaras
4. Sacrifice
5. Funeral Rites
6. MTmarnsa
7. Mantras
8. Types of Mantras
9. BTja Mantras
10. Om and Soham

3. Tantra and Yoga

1. Tantra
2. Anatomy and Physiology
3. Kaula Tantra "Samaya and MiSra Schools
4. KundalinT Dynamics
5. Yoga
6. Yantras
7. Yantras and Symmetry
8. Mudras

Part II
ANALYTICAL TOOLS

4. Knowledge
1. Analytic-Synthetic Dichotomy
2. Induction
3. Memory and Oral Tradition
4. The Postulates of Induction
5. Science

1. Knowledge and Science
2. Characteristics of Science
3. Hypothesis and Verification
6. Meaning and Interpretation

1. The Meaning of 'Meaning'
2. Truth
3. Interpretation
4. Hermeneutics

7. Structure
1. Introduction
2. Relations
3. Structural Similarity
4. Transmission of Structures
5. Symmetry
6. Recursion
7. Permutations and Combinations
8. Geometrical Transformations

8. Rituals in General
I. The Nature of Rituals
2. Transactional Analysis
3. Animal Rituals
4. Ritual Structures
5. Ritual and Abnormal Behaviour
6. Existentialism

Part III
RITUALS AND SCIENCE

9. Language
I. Semiotics
2. The Features of Language
3. Syntax and Semantics
4. Phylogenetic Changes
5. Verse
6. Sanskrit Verse

10. Music
I. Indian Music
2. Musical Structure
3. Percussion and Rhythm

11. The Structure of Religious Ritual
1. Rituals, Mantras and GRS
2. Yantras and Ritual
3. Awakening of Mantras
4. GayatrT Mantra
5. Puja

12. Major Religious Rituals
1. Worship Rituals and their Structure
2. Major Pujas
3. The Rites of Passage

13. Mantras and Language
1. Pre-linguistic Sounds
2. Bird Songs
3. Are' Mantras Language?

14. The Interpretation of Rituals
1. Meaning and Meaninglessness
2. Rituals and Culture
3. Rituals and Instinct
15. Science, Non-Science and Pseudo-science
1. Falsificationism
2. Mantra astra
3. Supernatural Powers
4. Pseudo-science
5. Vedic Mathematics
6. Siddhis and Science
16. The Science of Ritual
1. Indian Science of Ritual 2. The General Theory of Rituals

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