when sound becomes an image: picturing oṃ in jainism
What happens when a sound becomes an image? This article provides one answer to this question by examining visual representations of the sacred syllable oṃ in Jain ritual culture. Oṃ rose to prominence in Vedic texts from the first millennium BCE as a powerful sound that could ensure the success of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2021
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Material religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 17, Issue: 4, Pages: 463-489 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Jainism
/ OM
/ Tone
/ Visualization
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism |
| Further subjects: | B
oṃ
B religion and the senses B Mantra B Jainism B color meditation |
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