Explaining mantras: ritual, rhetoric, and the dream of a natural language in Hindu tantra
Explaining Mantras explores the intersection of poetry and magic in the mantras or verbal formulas of Hindu Tantra and combines the study of ancient Tantric rituals with the latest theories in the human sciences
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
New York
Routledge
2003
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| In: | Year: 2003 |
| Series/Journal: | Religion in history, society and culture
3 Religion in History, Society and Culture Ser v.3 |
| Further subjects: | B
Hindu mantras
B Tantras ; Criticism, interpretation, etc B Electronic books B Tantras Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Volltext (Aggregator) |
| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: Explaining Mantras : Magic, Rhetoric, and the Dream of a Natural Language: |
| Summary: | Explaining Mantras explores the intersection of poetry and magic in the mantras or verbal formulas of Hindu Tantra and combines the study of ancient Tantric rituals with the latest theories in the human sciences |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-177) and index |
| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (xv, 187 p), 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 0-415-96635-3 |
