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Barbara Gerke

Long Lives and Untimely Deaths - Life-Span Concepts and Longevity Practices Among Tibetans in the Darjeeling Hills, India

English · Hardback

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Description

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.

Product details

Authors	Barbara Gerke
Publisher	Brill

Languages	English
Product format	Hardback
Released	23.12.2011

EAN	9789004217034
ISBN	978-90-04-21703-4
No. of pages	388
Dimensions	164 mm x 249 mm x 27 mm
Weight	773 g
Series	Brill's Tibetan Studies Librar
Subjects	Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General

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