03916cam a2200637Ii 4500 ocn752862339 OCoLC 20200709055415.0 m d cr cn||||||||| 110913s2011 gw a ob 001 0 eng d YDXCP eng rda pn YDXCP IDEBK E7B OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCQ EBLCP MERUC OCLCQ UAB OCLCQ N$T CUV 723945490 744520322 816848942 3110240033 (electronic bk.) 9783110240030 (electronic bk.) 9783110181593 (hardcover) 3110181592 (hardcover) 388190 (N$T) (OCoLC)752862339 (OCoLC)723945490 (OCoLC)744520322 (OCoLC)816848942 a-ii--- BL1215.S67 REL 017000 bisacsh 294.5/514 22 MAIN Wilke, Annette, 1953- author. Sound and communication : an aesthetic cultural history of Sanskrit Hinduism / Annette Wilke, Oliver Moebus. Aesthetic cultural history of Sanskrit Hinduism Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, [2011] 1 online resource (xxiii, 1112 pages) : illustrations. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Religion and society, 1437-5370 ; v. 41 Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (pages 1051-1096) and index. In Hindu India both orality and sonality have enjoyed great cultural significance since earliest times. They have a distinct influence on how people approach texts. The importance of sound and its perception has led to rites, models of cosmic order, and abstract formulas. Sound serves both to stimulate religious feelings and to give them a sensory form. Starting from the perception and interpretation of sound, the authors chart an unorthodox cultural history of India, turning their attention to an important, but often neglected aspect of daily religious life. They provide a stimulating contribution to the study of cultural systems of perception that also adds new aspects to the debate on orality and literality. Foreword; Table of Contents; I. Methodology; 1 Hinduism as a Culture of Sound; II. History; 2 The Veda as a Basic Paradigm for Sacred Language and Sacred Sound; 3 Composition and Decomposition: Analytical Studies and Popularizations of the Veda -- Rationality and Aesthetics of Post-Vedic; 4 Pluralism and the Search for Orientation: De-Sacralization and Re-Sacralization of Language in Poetics, Linguistics, and Meta; 5 Performance and Sensuality: The Sound Universes of Tantra and Devotionalism; 6 Sensory Substance: Näda-Brahman in East and West; 7 Appendix: Music CD -- Accompanying Text. Master record variable field(s) change: 050 Sound Religious aspects Hinduism. India Religious life and customs. Hinduism India. Tantrism India. RELIGION / Comparative Religion bisacsh Electronic resource. Electronic books. Moebus, Oliver, author. Print version: Wilke, Annette, 1953- Sound and communication. Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, ©2011 9783110181593 (DLC) 2010036854 (OCoLC)663459295 Religion and society (Hague, Netherlands) ; v. 41. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=388190 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL690621 ebrary EBRY ebr10486564 ProQuest MyiLibrary Digital eBook Collection IDEB 316582 YBP Library Services YANK 7060562 EBSCOhost EBSC 388190 92 N$T 50563 50563