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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,i1966- [Verfasser]

Leiden : BRILL, 2011

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 362 pages) : Illustrations

Part Five Tibetan Buddhist Long-life Empowerments

Includes bibliographical references and index

978-90-04-21748-5 ; 90-04-21748-7 ; 978-90-04-21703-4

 

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.