Long lives and untimely deaths life-span concepts and longevity practices among Tibetans in the Darjeeling Hills, India /

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Autore principale: Gerke, Barbara, 1966-
Ente Autore: ebrary, Inc
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Boston : Brill, c2012.
Serie:Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 27.
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Sommario:
  • 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.