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Sonic Liturgy: Ritual and Music in Hindu Tradition
Guy L. Beck
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Sonic Liturgy: Ritual and Music in Hindu Tradition builds on the foundation of Guy L. Beck's earlier work, which described the theoretical role of sound in Hindu thought. Sonic Liturgy continues the discussion of sound into the realm of Hindu ritual and musical traditions of worship. Beck establishes a historical foundation for an in-depth understanding of the role of music in the early Puja rituals and Indian theater in the vernacular poetry of the Bhakti movements in medieval temple worship of Siva and Vishnu in southern India, and later in the worship of Krishna in the northern Braj region. By surveying a multitude of worship traditions, Beck reveals a continuous template of interwoven ritual and music in Hindu tradition that he terms "sonic liturgy," a structure of religious worship and experience that incorporates sound and music on many levels. Beck draws from liturgical studies and ritual studies, broadening the dimensions of each, as well as from recent work in the fields of Indian religion and music. As he maps the evolution of sonic liturgy in Hindu culture, Beck shows how, parallel to the development of religious ritual from ancient times to the present, there is a less understood progression of musical form, beginning with Vedic chants of two to three notes to complicated genres of devotional temple music employing ragas with up to a dozen notes. Sonic liturgy in its maturity is manifest as a complex interactive worship experience of the Vaishnava sects, presented here in Beck's final chapters.
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Cover Page
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Title Page
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Copyright Page
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Contents
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Series Editor's Preface
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Preface
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Note on Transliteration
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Introduction
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1 - Ancient India: Yajna and Sama-Gana
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2 - Classical India: Puja and Gandharva Sangita
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3 - Medieval India: Temple Hinduism and Bhakti Sangit
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4 - Seva and Haveli Sangit
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5 - Seva and Samaj Gayan
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Conclusion
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Notes
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Glossary
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Bibliography
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Index
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Published: 2011
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
- 978-1-61117-108-2 (ebook)
- 978-1-61117-037-5 (hardcover)