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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| Médium: | Licensed eBooks |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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New York :
Routledge,
2003.
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| Edice: | Religion in history, society & culture ;
3. |
| On-line přístup: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=106270 |
| Shrnutí: | 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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| Fyzický popis: | 1 online resource (xv, 187 pages) |
| Bibliografie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-177) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203483383 9780203483381 9780415966351 0415966353 1135888175 9781135888176 1280079967 9781280079962 |