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This elegantly written book introduces a new perspective on Indic religious history by rethinking the role of mantra in Vedic ritual. In Bringing the Gods to Mind, Laurie Patton takes a new look at mantra as "performed poetry" and in five case studies draws a portrait of early Indian sacrifice that moves beyond the well-worn categories of "magic" and "magico-religious" thought in Vedic sacrifice. Treating Vedic mantra as a sophisticated form of artistic composition, she develops the idea of metonymy, or associational thought, as a major motivator for the use of mantra in sacrificial performance. Filling a long-standing gap in our understanding, her book provides a history of the Indian interpretive imagination and a study of the mental creativity and hermeneutic sophistication of Vedic religion.

Mantras. --- Hinduism --- Incantations --- Rituals. --- Vedas --- Phrawēt --- Khamphī Phrawēt --- Fīdā --- Recitation. --- Veda --- atharva veda. --- bandhu. --- brahmana. --- brahmin. --- ceremony. --- chanting. --- deity. --- devata. --- eastern religion. --- food studies. --- grhya. --- hinduism. --- hymns. --- india. --- indian sacrifice. --- indic religion. --- magic. --- mantra. --- meditation. --- metonymy. --- mindfulness. --- performance theory. --- performed poetry. --- religion. --- religious belief. --- religious history. --- religious poetry. --- religious practice. --- rite. --- ritual. --- sacrifice. --- soma. --- south asia. --- spirituality. --- srauta literature. --- supernatural. --- tradition. --- upanisads. --- vedic ritual. --- vedic. --- vidhana. --- viniyoga. --- visualization.