[lit-ideas] Re: Geary Plays Vedic
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 12:33:09 EDT
"The old Vedic worship was a libation to the god of fire."
PUSEY Lect. Daniel, 1864, ix. 558
R. Paul refers to a chord:
>>This chord is surely part of the overture to the
>>Pythagorean music of the spheres. Mike Geary
>>could probably strum it for you on his National
>>guitar.
Geary comments:
>That old thing? I haven't played it since
>Dylan plugged in. My new one is
>outlined in lavender neon tubing with
>phosphorescent frets. It's awesome.
>Mike Geary
>Graceland
Back to the chord -- it has been proved by Ravi Shankar to be an E major --
with minor modifications --. Incidentally, Ravi Shankar is cited by S. Sarduy
in his great novel, _Cobra_:
"It wasn't Indian music. It was the Beatles.
It was Ravi Shankar."
(p. 100).
If you are interested, there's more on 'Vedic Music' in the ps. -- Cheers,
JL
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From the OED
"Vedic":
Of or pertaining to, contained or mentioned in, contemporary with, the
Vedas.
Cites:
1848 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 1847 321
It may be observed that in the Vedic hymns..some dialectic differences and
many grammatical discrepancies occur.
1853 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. III. 297
In many of the points in which Vedic and Sanskrit disagree, the former
strikingly approaches its next neighbors to the westward, the language of the
Avesta [etc.].
1859 MAX MÜLLER Anc. Sanskrit Lit. 10
The sacred literature of the Vedic age. Ibid. 11 The..publication of all
Vedic texts and commentaries.
1864 PUSEY Lect. Daniel ix. 558
The old Vedic worship was a libation to the god of fire.
1873 WHITNEY Oriental & Ling. Stud. 1
A general view of the whole body of Vedic literature.
1884 American VIII. 90
There are still orthodox Brahmans, who..maintain old Vedic sacrifices.
1890 SCHRUMPF First Aryan Reader p. xi,
Specimen B ought to have preceded specimen A, as Vedic is older than
Sanskrit.
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