Long lives and untimely deaths [electronic resource] : life-span concepts and longevity practices among Tibetans in the Darjeeling Hills, India / by Barbara Gerke.
Gerke, Barbara, 1966-
2012
DS432.T5 G47 2012eb
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Title Long lives and untimely deaths [electronic resource] : life-span concepts and longevity practices among Tibetans in the Darjeeling Hills, India / by Barbara Gerke.
Author Gerke, Barbara, 1966-
ISBN 9789004217034 hardcover
9789004217485 electronic book
Publication Details Boston : Brill, c2012.
Language English
Description xxiii, 362 p. : ill. (some col.), maps.
Call Number DS432.T5 G47 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 305.895/4105414
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Series Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 27.
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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.

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