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Some notes on the use of Vedic mantras in the ritual texts of the Vaikhānasas

Some notes on the use of Vedic mantras in the ritual texts of the Vaikhānasas S O M E NOTES O N T H E USE O F VEDIC MANTRAS I N T H E R I T U A L TEXTS O F T H E VAIKHANASAS J. GONDA Utrecht 1. As is well known mantras were almost everywhere and continually required in performing ritual acts and exerting influence upon the Unseen to express the officiant's will, desire or intentions, to indicate the character of the acts, to name the divine power or powers addressed and, last but not least, to consecrate the ritual acts themselves. F r o m the innumerable mantras which from the oldest texts onwards were handed down or were added to those already existing individual religious communities made their choice, regarding part o f their selections as specially important, for instance because they represent aspects of their favourite god or express fundamentals o f their religion. However, the ritual use o f mantras gives rise to some interesting problems. Although in m a n y cases the suitability o f a definite stanza is perfectly clear, it is less self-evident why so m a n y mantras should have been used in connection with rites with which http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Indo-Iranian Journal Brill

Some notes on the use of Vedic mantras in the ritual texts of the Vaikhānasas

Indo-Iranian Journal , Volume 14 (1-2): 1 – Jan 1, 1972

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Brill
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© 1972 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0019-7246
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1572-8536
DOI
10.1163/000000072790078686
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Abstract

S O M E NOTES O N T H E USE O F VEDIC MANTRAS I N T H E R I T U A L TEXTS O F T H E VAIKHANASAS J. GONDA Utrecht 1. As is well known mantras were almost everywhere and continually required in performing ritual acts and exerting influence upon the Unseen to express the officiant's will, desire or intentions, to indicate the character of the acts, to name the divine power or powers addressed and, last but not least, to consecrate the ritual acts themselves. F r o m the innumerable mantras which from the oldest texts onwards were handed down or were added to those already existing individual religious communities made their choice, regarding part o f their selections as specially important, for instance because they represent aspects of their favourite god or express fundamentals o f their religion. However, the ritual use o f mantras gives rise to some interesting problems. Although in m a n y cases the suitability o f a definite stanza is perfectly clear, it is less self-evident why so m a n y mantras should have been used in connection with rites with which

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Published: Jan 1, 1972

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