an aesthetic cultural history of Sanskrit Hinduism Wilke, Annette 1953- creator author. Moebus, Oliver author. text bibliography Electronic resource. Electronic books. gw 2011 monographic eng 1 online resource (xxiii, 1112 pages) : illustrations. 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. Annette Wilke, Oliver Moebus. Includes bibliographical references (pages 1051-1096) and index. a-ii--- Sound Religious aspects Hinduism India Religious life and customs Hinduism India Tantrism India RELIGION / Comparative Religion BL1215.S67 294.5/514 Wilke, Annette, 1953- Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, ©2011 (DLC) 2010036854 (OCoLC)663459295 3110240033 9783110240030 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=388190 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=388190 YDXCP 110913 20200709055415.0 ocn752862339 eng