Jarrod L Whitaker
Biographic Data
| ID | 5790998 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jarrod L Whitaker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jarrod L |
| FAMILY NAME | Whitaker |
| SIGNATURE | WHITAKER J L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wake Forest University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Numbers, Names, Trails, and Tradition
This paper examines the meaning and significance of the numerical phrase tríḥ saptá and its compounded form triṣaptá in the R̥gveda and Atharvaveda in order to understand its use in the opening hymn of the Śaunakīya Saṃhitā (AVŚ.1.1.1- 4). It argues that by invoking Vācaspati and the "Thrice Seven" (triṣaptā́ḥ) the hymn's composer makes a complex poetic and mythological statement about the cosmological importance of his ritual tradition, its foun…
I Boldly Took the Mace (Vájra) for Might
Strong Arms and Drinking Strength
This book considers the ritualized poetic construction of male identity in the R̥gveda, India’s oldest Sanskrit text, and argues that an important aspect of early Vedic life involves the sustained promotion and embodiment of what it means to be a true man. The R̥gveda contains over a thousand hymns to primarily three gods: the deified ritual Fire, Agni, the war-god Indra, and the sacred beverage sóma. The hymns were sung in daylong fire rituals i…
Brave Men and Manliness
Chapter 2 examines the use of the terms vïrá and vïryá, which signify a man’s role as a brave warrior and his manly virile powers and qualities. R̥gvedic poet-priests promote various ways that men can prove their masculinity, but the dominant role is that of man as warrior. Poets expect that men defined by the terms vïrá and vïryá will acquire wealth from violent excursions and distribute the resultant spoils among clansmen. The use of these two …
Religion and Identity in South Asia and Beyond
Powers, John, A Bull of a Man
Proferes, Theodore N., Vedic Ideals of Sovereignty and the Poetics of Power
Indo-Iran J (2008) 51: 209–212 DOI 10.1007/s10783-008-9104-z B O O K R E V I E W Proferes, Theodore N., Vedic Ideals of Sovereignty and the Poetics of Power [American Oriental Series 90], New Haven, Connecticut: American Oriental Society, 2007, pp. 167. 0-940490-21-8. $ 54,– Jarrod L. Whitaker © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008 Theodore N. Proferes has written an immensely rewarding and cogent monograph. It examines a number of central p…
How the Gods Kill
Divine Weapons and Tejas in the Two Indian Epics
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Divine Weapons and Tejas in the Two Indian Epics
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How the Gods Kill
Proferes, Theodore N., Vedic Ideals of Sovereignty and the Poetics of Power
Indo-Iran J (2008) 51: 209–212 DOI 10.1007/s10783-008-9104-z B O O K R E V I E W Proferes, Theodore N., Vedic Ideals of Sovereignty and the Poetics of Power [American Oriental Series 90], New Haven, Connecticut: American Oriental Society, 2007, pp. 167. 0-940490-21-8. $ 54,– Jarrod L. Whitaker © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008 Theodore N. Proferes has written an immensely rewarding and cogent monograph. It examines a number of central p…
Powers, John, A Bull of a Man
Strong Arms and Drinking Strength
This book considers the ritualized poetic construction of male identity in the R̥gveda, India’s oldest Sanskrit text, and argues that an important aspect of early Vedic life involves the sustained promotion and embodiment of what it means to be a true man. The R̥gveda contains over a thousand hymns to primarily three gods: the deified ritual Fire, Agni, the war-god Indra, and the sacred beverage sóma. The hymns were sung in daylong fire rituals i…
Brave Men and Manliness
Chapter 2 examines the use of the terms vïrá and vïryá, which signify a man’s role as a brave warrior and his manly virile powers and qualities. R̥gvedic poet-priests promote various ways that men can prove their masculinity, but the dominant role is that of man as warrior. Poets expect that men defined by the terms vïrá and vïryá will acquire wealth from violent excursions and distribute the resultant spoils among clansmen. The use of these two …
Religion and Identity in South Asia and Beyond
I Boldly Took the Mace (Vájra) for Might
Numbers, Names, Trails, and Tradition
This paper examines the meaning and significance of the numerical phrase tríḥ saptá and its compounded form triṣaptá in the R̥gveda and Atharvaveda in order to understand its use in the opening hymn of the Śaunakīya Saṃhitā (AVŚ.1.1.1- 4). It argues that by invoking Vācaspati and the "Thrice Seven" (triṣaptā́ḥ) the hymn's composer makes a complex poetic and mythological statement about the cosmological importance of his ritual tradition, its foun…
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