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Title Authority, anxiety, and canon : essays in Vedic interpretation / edited by Laurie L. Patton
Published Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1994

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 334 pages) : illustrations
Series SUNY series in Hindu studies
SUNY series in Hindu studies.
Contents The mastery of speech : canonicity and control in the Vedas / D. Carpenter -- Veda in the Br-ahmanas : cosmogonic paradigms and the delimitation of canon / B.A. Holdrege -- The Veda and the authority of class : reduplicating structures of Veda and Varna in ancient Indian texts / B.K. Smith -- Pur-anaveda / F.M. Smith -- From anxiety to bliss : argument, care, and responsibility in the Ved-anta reading of Taittir-iya 2.1-6a / F.X. Clooney, S.J. -- "Whither the thick sweetness of their passion?" : the search for Vedic origins of Sanskrit drama / D.L. Gitomer -- The authority of an absent text : the Veda, Upangas, Upavedas, and Upnekhata in European thought / D.M. Figueira -- From interpretation to reform : Day-anand's reading of the Vedas / J.E. Llewellyn -- Redefining the authority of scripture : the rejection of Vedic infallibility by the Brahmo Samaj / A. Rambachan -- Poets and fishes : modern Indian interpretations of the Vedic Rishi / L.L. Patton
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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SUBJECT Vedas -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85142466
Vedas fast
Subject RELIGION -- Hinduism -- Sacred Writings.
Veda's.
Interpretatie.
Religion.
Philosophy & Religion.
Hinduism.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Patton, Laurie L., 1961-
LC no. 93025748
ISBN 0585044678
9780585044675