Myth as Argument : : The Brhaddevata as Canonical Commentary / / Laurie L. Patton.
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2014] ©1996 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | Reprint 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Religionsgeschichtliche Versuche und Vorarbeiten ,
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Table of 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