Sacred Music and Hindu Religious Experience: From Ancient Roots to the Modern Classical Tradition

While music plays a significant role in many of the world's religions, it is in the Hindu religion that one finds one of the closest bonds between music and religious experience extending for millennia. The recitation of the syllable OM and the chanting of Sanskrit Mantras and hymns from the Ve...

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Published in:Religions
Main Author: Beck, Guy L. 1948- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2019]
In: Religions
Further subjects:B Rāga
B Bhakti
B Khayal
B Tāla
B Kīrtan
B Hinduism
B Nāda-Brahman
B Dhrupad
B sacred sound
B Bhajan
B Rasa
B Indian music
B Sangīta
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