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Zustand: New. pp. 80.

Zustand: New. pp. 390.

240 pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. In this book an attempt is made to study the vedic music as a magico-religious phenomenon Music is believed to be either a power-substance or a means to please the gods Music can attract gods and make them do according to the desires of musicians or it can please gods and then the gods will grant the desired results to the musicians A musician can get the desired results with the help of music without the help of gods also Music is useful in order to get rain food cattle long life progeny victory in the battles etc It can be useful to kill the enemies black-magically The vedic musical instruments also are supposed to be useful in order to get these resultsMusic and musicians are sometimes glorified and sometimes condemned The musicians occupy double position in the society because they are believed to be power-carriers Music like electricity is indifferent by itself It can be useful or harmful according to the way it is used It can be auspicious or inauspicious It can bring social harmony or create quarrels The divine musicians like Gandharvas and Apsarases are also double-natured They are connected with fertility as well as sterilityVedic music is a part of vedic sacrifices Vedic music is not meant for the entertainment of human beings It is a means to achieve the desired goals in a magico-religious manner This book aims at studying all these aspects 390 pp.

Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents Articles. 1. From the Western Sarasvati to the Yamuna the progress of the Bharatas the Dasarajna Hymn re interpreted/Shruti Pradhan. 2. The decipherable Rigveda/Karen Thomson. 3. The Taittiriya sutras on the Satarudriya Homa/P.D. Navathe. 4. Some explanation of the Vamana Myths/Madhavi Kolhatkar. 5. Questioning the questioning of Ramayanas/Dinesh Sakalani. 6. Panegyrics on Siva group ascribed to Shankara a critical study/Krishna S. Arjunwadkar. 7. Kiratarjuniya IX ( B)/J.A.F. Roodbergen. 8. Sri Lanka in early Indian inscriptions/Shobhana Gokhale. 9. Bahudha and the post 9/11 world/B.P. Singh. 10. A possible explanation of a statement in Shayast la shayast/Madhavi Kolhatkar. 240 pp.

Zustand: New. pp. xxii + 766.