ISBN:
9789004438194
Language:
English
Pages:
VI, 195 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Brill's Tibetan studies library volume 47
Series Statement:
Brill's Tibetan studies library
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Smith, Alexander Kingsbury Divination in exile
DDC:
299.5/4
Keywords:
Bon (Tibetan religion) Rituals
;
Bon (Tibetan religion)
;
Divination
;
Tibetans Religious life and customs
;
Himachal Pradesh (India) Religious life and customs
Abstract:
"In Divination in Exile, Alexander K. Smith offers the first comprehensive scholarly introduction to the performance of divination in Tibetan speaking communities, both past and present. While Smith surveys a variety of ritual practices, the volume focuses on divination and its associated rites in the contemporary Tibetan Bon tradition. Drawing from multi-site ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Himachal Pradesh and the translation of previously unpublished Tibetan language materials, Divination in Exile offers a valuable, social scientific contribution to our understanding of the perception and usage of ritual manuscripts in contemporary Tibetan cultural milieus"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
