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Hinduism: Gods, Scriptures and Paths

Sound and Communication

An Aesthetic Cultural History of Sanskrit Hinduism

by Annette Wilke and Oliver Moebus

A large study of the role of sound, recitation and music in Sanskritic Hinduism, from Vedic chant to mantra and devotional song. The authors argue that Hindu culture is above all a culture of the heard and spoken word.

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