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Myth as Argument : The Brhaddevata as Canonical Commentary / Laurie L. Patton.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Religionsgeschichtliche Versuche und Vorarbeiten ; 41Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2014]Copyright date: ©1996Edition: Reprint 2014Description: 1 online resource (549 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110138054
  • 9783110812756
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 294.5/9212 23
LOC classification:
  • BL1112.56
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  • online - DeGruyter
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  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Part One Myth, Commentary, and the History of the Bṛhaddevatā -- Chapter One The Basics of the Bṛhaddevatā: Text and Context -- Chapter Two Making Arguments: Canonical Commentary and Mythological Narrative -- Part Two Framing the Canon -- Chapter Three: Patterns of Thought: The Bṛhaddevatā Introduces Itself -- Chapter Four Language and Cosmology I: Taxonomies of Mantra -- Chapter Five Language and Cosmology II: Etymologies and Other Linguistic Speculations -- Part Three Situating the Canon -- Chapter Six Arguments about Myth: The History of the Itihāsal Ākhyāna Controversy -- Chapter Seven The Power of Persuasion: Ṛṣis in Parity with the Gods -- Chapter Eight Pedigree Narratives -- Chapter Nine Myth and Money: The Exchange of Words and Wealth -- Chapter Ten Mantra as Cure -- Chapter Eleven Erasing the Warrior -- Chapter Twelve Selective Ślokas: Cleaning up the Veda -- Chapter Thirteen Salvaging the Sacrifice -- Chapter Fourteen Ṛṣis' Power within the Wild -- Chapter Fifteen The Archaeology of the Bṛhaddevatā -- Chapter Sixteen New Perspectives on Canonical Exegesis -- Appendix A The Dating of the Bṛhaddevatā -- Appendix Β Vedic Verses Cited in Pratīka Form in the Bṛhaddevatā -- References -- Index
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Part One Myth, Commentary, and the History of the Bṛhaddevatā -- Chapter One The Basics of the Bṛhaddevatā: Text and Context -- Chapter Two Making Arguments: Canonical Commentary and Mythological Narrative -- Part Two Framing the Canon -- Chapter Three: Patterns of Thought: The Bṛhaddevatā Introduces Itself -- Chapter Four Language and Cosmology I: Taxonomies of Mantra -- Chapter Five Language and Cosmology II: Etymologies and Other Linguistic Speculations -- Part Three Situating the Canon -- Chapter Six Arguments about Myth: The History of the Itihāsal Ākhyāna Controversy -- Chapter Seven The Power of Persuasion: Ṛṣis in Parity with the Gods -- Chapter Eight Pedigree Narratives -- Chapter Nine Myth and Money: The Exchange of Words and Wealth -- Chapter Ten Mantra as Cure -- Chapter Eleven Erasing the Warrior -- Chapter Twelve Selective Ślokas: Cleaning up the Veda -- Chapter Thirteen Salvaging the Sacrifice -- Chapter Fourteen Ṛṣis' Power within the Wild -- Chapter Fifteen The Archaeology of the Bṛhaddevatā -- Chapter Sixteen New Perspectives on Canonical Exegesis -- Appendix A The Dating of the Bṛhaddevatā -- Appendix Β Vedic Verses Cited in Pratīka Form in the Bṛhaddevatā -- References -- Index

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