Long lives and untimely deaths : life-span concepts and longevity practices among Tibetans in the Darjeeling Hills, India /
How do Tibetans in India's Darjeeling Hills understand the life-span and various life-forces that influence longevity? This book analyses ethnographic and textual material demonstrating how Tibetans utilise temporal frameworks in medical, astrological, divinatory, and ritual contexts to locate...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden :
BRILL,
2011.
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| Summary: | How do Tibetans in India's Darjeeling Hills understand the life-span and various life-forces that influence longevity? This book analyses ethnographic and textual material demonstrating how Tibetans utilise temporal frameworks in medical, astrological, divinatory, and ritual contexts to locate and reckon life-forces influencing their life-spans. |
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| Item Description: | Part Five Tibetan Buddhist Long-life Empowerments. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 362 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004217485 9004217487 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |