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