Long lives and untimely deaths [electronic resource] : life-span concepts and longevity practices among Tibetans in the Darjeeling Hills, India / by Barbara Gerke.
Material type: TextSeries: Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 27.Publication details: Boston : Brill, c2012.Description: xxiii, 362 p. : ill. (some col.), mapsSubject(s):- Tibetans -- India -- Darjeeling (District) -- Social conditions
- Tibetans -- India -- Darjeeling (District) -- Religion
- Longevity -- India -- Darjeeling (District)
- Life span, Productive -- India -- Darjeeling (District)
- Old age -- India -- Darjeeling (District)
- Darjeeling (India : District) -- Religious life and customs
- Darjeeling (India : District) -- Social life and customs
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- DS432.T5 G47 2012
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Ebook | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online | eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.