The vernacular Veda: revelation, recitation and ritual/ Vasudha Narayanan

By: Narayanan, VasudhaMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1994Description: xvi, 265 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0872499650Subject(s): Philosophy, Comparative | Vedic language--Phonology | Language and languages--PhilosophyDDC classification: 294.595
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. The Sacred Utterance of the Silent Seer: Speech and Sight in the Revelation of Tamil Veda -- 3. Reciters of the Sacred Text: Contemporary Exemplars of Teaching and Learning -- 4. Recital of the Divya Prabandham at Homes and Temples -- 5. Recitation in Nammalvar's Congregation: The Exclusive Devotion of the Excluded Servants -- 6. The Traditions of Music -- 7. Exegesis and Interpretation Oral and Written Commentary on the Tiruvaymoli -- 8. Recreating Heaven on Earth: Ritual and Performative Commentaries on the Tiruvaymoli -- 9. Reflections -- Appendix: Translation of the Temple Tiruvaymoli Songs.
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1. Introduction --
2. The Sacred Utterance of the Silent Seer: Speech and Sight in the Revelation of Tamil Veda --
3. Reciters of the Sacred Text: Contemporary Exemplars of Teaching and Learning --
4. Recital of the Divya Prabandham at Homes and Temples --
5. Recitation in Nammalvar's Congregation: The Exclusive Devotion of the Excluded Servants --
6. The Traditions of Music --
7. Exegesis and Interpretation Oral and Written Commentary on the Tiruvaymoli --
8. Recreating Heaven on Earth: Ritual and Performative Commentaries on the Tiruvaymoli --
9. Reflections --
Appendix: Translation of the Temple Tiruvaymoli Songs.

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