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_aRituals & mantras: ritual, mantras and the human sciences / _c Frits Staal |
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_aDelhi : _bMBP, _c1996. |
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_a490p. ; _c23cm. |
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| 505 | _a Methods, Meanings and Rules Introductory Note Meanings and Rules in the Human Sciences The Empiricist Caricature of Science The Positivist Critique of Meaning Ludwig Wittgenstein Martin Heidegger and Hans-Georg Gadamer Linguistic Background The Origins of Linguistics in India Contemporary Linguistics and Rules Noam Chomsky Chomsky versus Wittgenstein Ritual Introductory Note Vedic Ritual. The Agnicayana Ritual. Basic Rites The Isti Soma Sequences The Structure of Ritual Embedding and Transformation . The Kindling Verses ... From Agnistoma to Agnicayana The Final Sastra for the Asvin Twins Conclusions Ritual and Grammar Interpretations of Ritual.. Indian Interpretations . Western Interpretations The Meaninglessness of Ritual. Anthropology without Asia Raymond Firth Victor Turner. Syntax, Semantics and Performatives. Music and Ritual Seven Musical Structures Seven Ritual Structures.. Conclusions Part III. Mantras Introductory Note Six Vedic Mantras Ritual Context ... The Syntax of Stobhas Vedic and Tantric Man Performatives, Pragmatics and Performance. Performatives Again. Pragmatics Performance and Competence Mantras and Language.. Mantras and Bird Songs Mantras by Chance. Anthropology without Mantras Object Semantics: Stanley Tambiah Psycho-Semantics: Gananath Obeyesekere Thick Semantics: Cliflford Geertz The Human Sciences The Science of Ritual Oral Traditions Religions Seeking Religion in Asia Seeking out the Buddha. Mythology Philosophy of Religion The Myth of the Two Cultures Conclusions The Origin of Language. Michel Foucault Concluding Generalities. "Writing in the Sky"Hermeneutics and A Neoplatonic Parallel Bibliography. Index of Names. FIGURES The Ritual Enclosure TABLES The Samidhenl Verses Sequence of Rites on the Third and Fourth Days. | ||
| 650 | _a Ritual. | ||
| 650 | _aMantra. | ||
| 650 | _aHinduismus. | ||
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