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

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Author / Creator:	Gerke, Barbara, 1966-
Imprint:	Leiden : BRILL, 2011.
Description:	1 online resource (xxiii, 362 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	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) Life span, Productive. Longevity. Manners and customs. Old age. Tibetans -- Religion. Tibetans -- Social conditions. Darjeeling (India : District) -- Religious life and customs. Darjeeling (India : District) -- Social life and customs. India -- Darjeeling (District) Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11122416

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ISBN:	9789004217485 9004217487
Notes:	Part Five Tibetan Buddhist Long-life Empowerments. Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Gerke, Barbara. Long Lives and Untimely Deaths : Life-span Concepts and Longevity Practices Among Tibetans in the Darjeeling Hills, India. Leiden : BRILL, ©2011 9789004217034

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