The MANTRAMS Project: Mantras in Religion, Media, and Society in Global Southern Asia

Carola Lorea discusses the MANTRAMS project, a major ERC Synergy Grant initiative jointly hosted by Oxford, Vienna, and Tübingen dedicated to producing a history and anthropology of mantras. The six-year project investigates mantras across millennia and geographies — from their roots in Indian religious traditions through their circulation across South and Southeast Asia to their role in global spiritualities today — building extensive sonic, textual, and visual archives along the way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member!

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The MANTRAMS Project: Mantras in Religion, Media, and Society in Global Southern Asia is an episode from New Books in South Asian Studies.

This episode is 39:08 long.

This episode was published on Apr 23, 2026.

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