{"product_id":"the-oceanic-feeling-the-origins-of-religious-sentiment-in-ancient-india-9789027710505","title":"The Oceanic Feeling: The Origins of Religious Sentiment in Ancient India","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): J. M. Masson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy way of a personal note, I can reveal to the reader that I was led to Sanskrit by an exposure to Indian philosophy while still a child. These early mystical interests gave way in the university to scholarly pursuits and, through reading the works of Franklin Edgerton, Louis Renou and Etienne Lamotte, I was introduced to the scientific study of the- past, to philology and the academic study of an ancient literature. In this period I wrote a number of books on Sanskrit aesthetics, concentrating on the sophisticated Indian notions of suggestion. This work has culminated in a three-volume study of the Dhvanyaloka and the Dhvanyalokalocana, for the Harvard Oriental Series. Eventually I found that I wanted to broaden my concern with India, to learn what was at the universal core of my studies and what could be of interest to everyone. In reading Indian literature, I came across so many bizarre tales and ideas that seemed incomprehensible and removed from the concerns of everyday life that I became troubled. Vedantic ideas of the world as a dream, for example, to which I had been particularly partial, seemed grandiose and megalomanic. I turned away with increasing scepticism from what I felt to be the hysterical outpourings of mystical and religious fanaticism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45282996945047,"sku":"9789027710505","price":7345.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789027710505.webp?v=1769303781","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-oceanic-feeling-the-origins-of-religious-sentiment-in-ancient-india-9789027710505","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}