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Reviews R E V I E W S Gudrun Bfihnemann, P~jd. A Study in Smdrta Ritual. (Publications of the De Nobili Research Library, Vol. xv). Vienna: Institute for Indology, 1988. 253 pp., 66 ills. (mainly photographs). Gudrun Biihnemann, The Worship of Mahdganapati According to the Nityotsava. Wichtrach: Institut fiir Indologie, 1988. xl, 156 pp., 40 photographs and drawings. These two books by Mrs. Biihnemann happened to be published in the same year, although "P(tjd" was written earlier than "Worship". Both are useful and interesting additions to the existing literature on Hindu ritualism. They have been composed according to the same general pattern: an introduction describing general aspects of the relevant sections of the ritual (much bigger and more general in character in "P(tjd"), followed by edition and commented translation of parts of a ritual treatise. They also complement each other in so far as they describe respectively a Veda- oriented and a Tantric form of worship. The study of ritual procedures and, to a somewhat lesser degree, of ritual literature should (it will be evident) preferably be carried out by investigators who have been present at ritual sessions (if still existing) and are personally acquainted with performers. Mrs. Biihnemann http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Indo-Iranian Journal Brill

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De Jong, J. W.; Goudriaan, Teun
Indo-Iranian Journal , Volume 34 (4): 287 – Jan 1, 1991
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© 1991 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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R E V I E W S Gudrun Bfihnemann, P~jd. A Study in Smdrta Ritual. (Publications of the De Nobili Research Library, Vol. xv). Vienna: Institute for Indology, 1988. 253 pp., 66 ills. (mainly photographs). Gudrun Biihnemann, The Worship of Mahdganapati According to the Nityotsava. Wichtrach: Institut fiir Indologie, 1988. xl, 156 pp., 40 photographs and drawings. These two books by Mrs. Biihnemann happened to be published in the same year, although "P(tjd" was written earlier than "Worship". Both are useful and interesting additions to the existing literature on Hindu ritualism. They have been composed according to the same general pattern: an introduction describing general aspects of the relevant sections of the ritual (much bigger and more general in character in "P(tjd"), followed by edition and commented translation of parts of a ritual treatise. They also complement each other in so far as they describe respectively a Veda- oriented and a Tantric form of worship. The study of ritual procedures and, to a somewhat lesser degree, of ritual literature should (it will be evident) preferably be carried out by investigators who have been present at ritual sessions (if still existing) and are personally acquainted with performers. Mrs. Biihnemann

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