Living Mantra Mantra, Deity, and Visionary Experience Today /

Living Mantra is an anthropology of mantra-experience among Hindu-tantric practitioners. In ancient Indian doctrine and legends, mantras perceived by rishis (seers) invoke deities and have transformative powers. Adopting a methodology that combines scholarship and practice, Mani Rao discovers a cont...

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Detaylı Bibliyografya
Yazar: Rao, Mani (Yazar)
Müşterek Yazar: SpringerLink (Online service)
Materyal Türü: e-Kitap
Dil:İngilizce
Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Edisyon:1st ed. 2019.
Seri Bilgileri:Contemporary Anthropology of Religion,
Konular:
Ethnology.
Religion and sociology.
Ethnography.
Sociocultural Anthropology.
Sociology of Religion.
Online Erişim:Full-text access
OPAC'ta görüntüle
İçindekiler:
  • Part 1: Preparation
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. A Mountain of Scholarship
  • 3. Crossing Over
  • 4. Are there Revelations Today? - Part 2: Fieldwork
  • 5. Body-Yantra: Sahasrakshi Meru Temple, Devipuram
  • 6. Self-Made: Svayam Siddha Kali Pitham, Guntur
  • 7. "I am in Mantra, Mantra is in me": Nachiketa Tapovan, Kodgal
  • Part 3
  • 8. Understanding Mantra Again.

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