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100	1		_aRao, Mani _eauthor
245	1	0	_aLiving Mantra : _bmantra, deity, and visionary experience today / _cby Mani Rao.
250			_a1st ed. 2019.
260			_aCham, Switzerland : _bPalgrave Macmillan, _c2019.
490	1		_aContemporary Anthropology of Religion
505	0		_aPart 1: Preparation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Mountain of Scholarship -- 3. Crossing Over -- 4. Are there Revelations Today? - Part 2: Fieldwork -- 5. Body-Yantra: Sahasrakshi Meru Temple, Devipuram -- 6. Self-Made: Svayam Siddha Kali Pitham, Guntur -- 7. "I am in Mantra, Mantra is in me": Nachiketa Tapovan, Kodgal -- Part 3 -- 8. Understanding Mantra Again.
520			_aLiving Mantra is an anthropology of mantra-experience among Hindu-tantric practitioners. In ancient Indian doctrine and legends, mantras perceived by rishis (seers) invoke deities and have transformative powers. Adopting a methodology that combines scholarship and practice, Mani Rao discovers a continuing tradition of visionaries (rishis/seers) and revelations in south India's Andhra-Telangana. Both deeply researched and replete with fascinating narratives, the book reformulates the poetics of mantra-practice as it probes practical questions. Can one know if a vision is real or imagined? Is vision visual? Are deity-visions mediated by culture? If mantras are effective, what is the role of devotion? Are mantras language? Living Mantra interrogates not only theoretical questions, but also those a practitioner would ask: how does one choose a deity, for example, or what might bind one to a guru? Rao breaks fresh ground in redirecting attention to the moments that precede systematization and canon-formation, showing how authoritative sources are formed.
650		0	_aEthnography.
650		0	_aEthnology.
650		0	_aReligion and sociology.
650	1	4	_aEthnography.
650	2	4	_aCultural Anthropology.
650	2	4	_aReligion and Society.
650	2	4	_aSocial Anthropology.
650	2	4	_aSociology of Religion.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _tLiving mantra. _z9783319963907 _w(DLC) 2018948808
776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9783030071844
776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9783030113285
776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9783319963907
776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9783319963921
830		0	_aContemporary Anthropology of Religion
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