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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Patton, Laurie L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2014]; ©1996
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Religionsgeschichtliche Versuche und Vorarbeiten , 41
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (549 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110812756; 9783110649680; 9783110638110
• ISSN: 0939-2580
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110812756
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Laurie L. Patton.