Long lives and untimely deaths : life-span concepts and longevity practices among Tibetans in the Darjeeling Hills, India / by Barbara Gerke.
2012
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Author
Title
Long lives and untimely deaths : life-span concepts and longevity practices among Tibetans in the Darjeeling Hills, India / by Barbara Gerke.
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Imprint
Boston : Brill, [2012]
Copyright
©2012
Description
xxiii, 362 pages : illustrations (some color), maps.
Series
Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 27.
Formatted Contents Note
pt. 1. Ethnographic settings and analytical frameworks
pt. 2. The field site and Tibetan areas of knowledge
pt. 3. The life-span and life-forces in Tibetan medical contexts
pt. 4. The life-span in astrological and divinatory context
pt. 5. Tibetan Buddhist long-life empowerments.
pt. 2. The field site and Tibetan areas of knowledge
pt. 3. The life-span and life-forces in Tibetan medical contexts
pt. 4. The life-span in astrological and divinatory context
pt. 5. Tibetan Buddhist long-life empowerments.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Language
English
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
ISBN
9789004217034 hardback alkaline paper
9789004217485 e-book
9789004217485 e-book
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