[INDOLOGY] vedic revival

Tue Sep 6 20:14:58 UTC 2022

Dear Patrick, Tim, and Indology colleagues—

With apologies for belatedly reviving this thread, I wanted to respond to Patrick’s query by mentioning several articles of mine on this theme of Vedic revivalism:

2016 	“Survivals & Revivals: the Transmission of Jaiminīya Sāmaveda in Modern South India.” In The Vedic Śākhās: Past, Present, Future, Harvard Oriental Series Opera Minora 9, edited by Jan Houben, Julieta Rotaru, and Michael Witzel, 443-74. Cambridge, MA: Dept. of South Asian Studies, Harvard University.

2017		 “The Amplified Sacrifice: Sound, Technology, and Participation in Modern Vedic Ritual.” Journal of South Asian History and Culture 8.4: 560-578. DOI:10.1080/19472498.2017.1371505

		“Vedic Oral Tradition.” Oxford Bibliographies Online: Hinduism. Ed. Tracey Coleman. New York: Oxford University Press. DOI:10.1093/OBO/9780195399318-0184 

2018		“Digital Guru: Embodiment, Technology, and the Transmission of Traditional Knowledge in Kerala.” Asian Ethnology 77.1-2: 3-31. 

The Oxford bibliography cited above includes annotations of work by other scholars that may be relevant—including several mentioned by Tim a few weeks back. I’d also highly recommend the following piece, which takes a look at Vedic revivals in Kerala in the decades following Staal’s seminal research:

Mahadevan, T. P., and Frits Staal. “The Turning Point in a Living Tradition: Somayāgam 2003.” In Indische Kultur im Kontext: Rituale, Texte und Ideen aus Indien und der Welt; Festschrift für Klaus Mylius. Edited by Lars Göhler, 365–389. Beiträge zur Indologie 40. Wiesbaden, Germany: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005. 

Yours,
Finnian

Finnian M.M. Gerety
Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
[Affiliated] Faculty of Contemplative Studies and Center for Contemporary South Asia
Brown University
www.finniangerety.com <http://finniangerety.com/>

> On Aug 12, 2022, at 9:27 AM, Lubin, Tim <LubinT at wlu.edu> wrote:
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> Hello Patrick,
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> The most recent contribution is the excellent volume by Borayin Larios (which began as his dissertation). I will have up-to-date bibliography:
> https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110517323/html <https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110517323/html>  (open-access PDF)
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> Michael Witzel has written on this, most recently (though based on a 1986 original version in German):
> Witzel, Michael. 'Agnihotra Rituals in Nepal', in Richard K. Payne, and Michael Witzel (eds), Homa Variations: The Study of Ritual Change across the Longue Durée
> , Oxford Ritual Studies Series (New York: OUP, 2016), 371–406. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199351572.003.0014 <https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199351572.003.0014>.
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> https://www.academia.edu/43672875/Vedic_Medieval_and_Contemporary_Concepts_in_the_Nepalese_Agnihotra_Ritual?sm=a <https://www.academia.edu/43672875/Vedic_Medieval_and_Contemporary_Concepts_in_the_Nepalese_Agnihotra_Ritual?sm=a>
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> I wrote a couple of pieces on this topic two decades ago.  The bibliography of those will include other relevant publications to that point, especially by Fred Smith:
> https://www.academia.edu/408379/Veda_on_Parade_Revivalist_Ritual_as_Civic_Spectacle <https://www.academia.edu/408379/Veda_on_Parade_Revivalist_Ritual_as_Civic_Spectacle>
> https://www.academia.edu/408637/Science_Patriotism_and_Mother_Veda_Ritual_Activism_in_Maharashtra <https://www.academia.edu/408637/Science_Patriotism_and_Mother_Veda_Ritual_Activism_in_Maharashtra>
> (I also shot video (alas, still only raw footage) of an agnihotra performed in Warje Malwadi, Pune in 2002 or so.)
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> From around the same era:
> Cezary Galewicz. 2003. “A Keen Eye on details. Reviving ritual perfection in Trichur Somayaga.” Bulletin d'études indiennes 21 (1): 239-253.
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> And of course Staal, Agni.
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> Best,
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> From: INDOLOGY <indology-bounces at list.indology.info> on behalf of INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info>
> Reply-To: patrick mccartney <psdmccartney at gmail.com>
> Date: Friday, August 12, 2022 at 6:16 AM
> To: INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info>
> Subject: [INDOLOGY] vedic revival
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> Dear Friends,
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> I'm compiling a bibliography and would appreciate any suggestions on books, chapters, sections, films, YouTube clips, and any other related media.
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> The topic is "Vedic Revival / Vedic Revivalism". 
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> I have compiled references that mostly cover the contemporary manifestations of this phenomenon, though I am sure there might be things I've missed.
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> If there are any recommendations on particular references to earlier, historical periods, then I would be delighted to know what these might be.
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> If there certain thematic groupings one might apply, please let me know.
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> These references could be in any language, not being restricted to English.
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> Thank you in advance.
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> All the best,
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> Patrick McCartney, PhD
> ISRF Fellow 2022-23 - Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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