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In this book an attempt is made to study the vedic music as a magicoreligious 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 rain, food, cattle, long life, progeny, victory in the battles etc. It can be useful to kill the enemies black-magically. The vedic musical instruments also are supposed to be useful in order to get these results.
Music and musicians are sometimes glorified and sometimes condemned. The musicians occupy double position in the society because they are believed to be powercarriers. Music, like electricity, is indifferent by itself. It can be useful or harmful according to the way it is used. It can be auspicious or inauspicious. It can bring social harmony or create quarrels. The divine musicians like Gandharvasand Apsarases are also double-natured. They are connected with fertility as well as sterility.
Vedic music is a part of vedic sacrifices. Vedic music is not meant for the entertainment of human beings. It is a means to achieve the desired goals in a magico-religious manner. This book aims at studying all these aspects.
Contents
Chap. I. INTRODUCTION
Chap. II. DVISVABHAVA (DOUBLE-NATURED) MUSIC
Chap. III. MUSIC : A POWER-SUBSTANCE
Chap. IV. MUSIC AND GODS
Chap. V. MUSIC AND SACRIFICE
Chap. VI. SOME MUSICAL ELEMENTS :
1. Words
2. Vasatkara
3. Himkara
4. Musical Instruments
5. Metres
Chap. VII. GANDHARVAS AND APSARASES
Chap. VIII. RESULTS OF MUSIC :
1. Music and Rain
2. Music and Food
3. Music and Cattle etc.
4. Music and Medicine
5. Music and Long Life
6. Music and Generation
7. Music and Death etc.
8. Removal of Evil
9. Music and Evil Beings
10. Music and Light
11. Music and War
12. Music and Victory over the Worlds
13. Music in the Abhicara-(Sorcery-) rites
14. Music and Sleep
15. Music and Fulfilment of Desires
Chap. IX. DOCTRINE. OF MUSIC IN THE VEDA :
1. Nature of Music: Comparisons and Identifications
2. Ways of Performing Music
3. Directives of the Musical Performance
4. Cosmic Music
5. Music and Knowledge
Chap. X. CONCLUSION


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  • ISBN-13: 9788185616421
  • Publisher: Sharada Publishing House
  • Publisher Imprint: Sharada Publishing House
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 8185616426
  • Publisher Date: 1997
  • Binding: Hardcover

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