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

Gerke, Barbara, 1966-

Leiden : BRILL, 2011

Online Ressource (xxiii, 362 p.) : ill.

Englisch

Part Five Tibetan Buddhist Long-life Empowerments. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record

Erscheint auch als: Gerke, Barbara : Long Lives and Untimely Deaths : Life-span Concepts and Longevity Practices Among Tibetans in the Darjeeling Hills, India. - Leiden : BRILL, ©2011 (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-90-04-21748-5 (electronic bk.); 90-04-21748-7 (electronic bk.)

978-90-04-21703-4 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 769927281 (aus SWB)     

Online-Ausg.

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

DS432.T5 .G487 2011

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LOC-SH: Tibetans -- Social conditions -- India -- Darjeeling (District) ; Tibetans -- Religion -- India -- Darjeeling (District) ; 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 ; 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) -- Social life and customs ; Darjeeling (India : District) -- Religious life and customs

Darjeeling (India : District) / Religious life and customs ; Darjeeling (India : District) / Social life and customs ; Life span, Productive / Darjeeling (District) / India ; Longevity / Darjeeling (District) / India ; Old age / Darjeeling (District) / India ; Tibetans / Darjeeling (District) / Religion / India ; Tibetans / Darjeeling (District) / Social conditions / India ; History ; Social Science ; Electronic books ; India ; Darjeeling (District) ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies ; Life span, Productive ; Longevity ; Manners and customs ; Old age ; Tibetans ; Religion ; Tibetans ; Social conditions

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