- Mantra and Mother of the Vedas - U1
- Contents
- Preface
- Note on Spelling
- Note on Sources and Translations
- Map
- Source Periodization
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Meaning
- Chapter 2 Designations
- Chapter 3 Adaptive Reuse in Śrauta Ritual
- Chapter 4 Selection as Initiation Mantra
- Chapter 5 Status in Early Hinduism
- Chapter 6 Personification, Divinization,Deification
- Chapter 7 Identification with Sāvitrī
- Chapter 8 The Mantra Goddess
- General Conclusion: From Verse to Deity
- appendix 1 Translations of the Gāyatrī-Mantra
- appendix 2 gāyatrī /sāvitrī in the Mahābhārata
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDICES
- Mantra and Mother of the Vedas - U4