Laurie Patton (Bard College)

submitted: 2/24/94

Laurie L. Patton
Asst. Professor of Asian Religions
Dept. of Religion
Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504

phone: 914-758-6822, ext. 384
FAX:   914-758-9654
home:  914-471-9836
email: patton@levy.bard.edu

Vedic interpretation, particularly texts of Brhaddevata and Rg
Vidhana, literary understanding of Rg-Vedic hymns, 20th Century Vedic
interpretation, women and religion, Hindu tradition and women, women
and Vedic authority, etc. Also, use of mantra, role of mantra in
religious ritual, theories of religious language.

[religion / Hinduism / Veda / Rg-Veda]