Sound and Communication : : An Aesthetic Cultural History of Sanskrit Hinduism / / Annette Wilke, Oliver Moebus.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Wilke, Annette,; Moebus, Oliver,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Religion and Society , 41
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1112 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; 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 Literatures and Performing Arts --; 4 Pluralism and the Search for Orientation: De-Sacralization and Re-Sacralization of Language in Poetics, Linguistics, and Metaphysics --; 5 Performance and Sensuality: The Sound Universes of Tantra and Devotionalism --; 6 Sensory Substance: Nada-Brahman in East and West --; 7 Appendix: Music CD - Accompanying Text --; Primary Sources --; Secondary Sources --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110240030; 9783110238570; 9783110238549; 9783110638165; 9783110233544; 9783110233551; 9783110233643
• ISSN: 1437-5370
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110240030
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Annette Wilke, Oliver Moebus.

A new way of accessing Hinduism, focusing on the perception and interpretation of sounds and giving a lively insight into sacred literatures, rites, and indigenous scientific systems in India. Ein neuer Zugang zum Hinduismus, der Klangwahrnehmung und -deutung ins Zentrum stellt und einen lebendigen Eindruck von Sakralliteraturen, Riten und Wissenschaftssystemen Indiens vermittelt