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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 ...
Contents: I. Articles: 1. Archaeology of the Aryans/M.K. Dhavalikar. 2. Savara 'The Independent Circumflex' and the Kampa-Pronunciation in the traditional recitation of the Rgveda/P.D. Navathe. 3. On the meaning of RV X.136 : Comets?/B.N. Narahari Achar. 4. Semantic analysis of the technical terms in the Astadhyayi, meaning "Adjective"/Bhagyalata A. Pataskar. 5. "Pratipad" Kasmat?/Madhavi Kolhatkar. 6. An unpublished medical treatise ...
The word 'Philology' stands for the study of all the aspects of Literature. It includes textual criticism, interpretation, chronological, historical, cultural, linguistic etc. studies. The present work deals with the history of Sanskrit philology and Indian Archaeosophy from the very beginning up to the first decades of the twentieth century. The main emphasis is on the nineteenth century. It is a very detailed, balanced and critical book written in a masterly ...