| Description |
xi, 212 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
SUNY series in Hindu studies |
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SUNY series in Hindu studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Ashes to nectar: death and regeneration among the Rasa Siddhas and Nath Siddhas -- Human torches of enlightenment: autocremation and spontaneous combustion as marks of sanctity in South Asian Buddhism -- When a wife dies first: the Musivayanam and a female Brahman ritualist in Coastal Andhra -- Return to tears: musical mourning, emotion, and religious reform in two South Asian minority communities -- Deanimating and reanimating the dead in rural Sri Lanka -- The suppression of nuns and the ritual murder of their special dead in two Buddhist monastic texts -- A funeral to part with the living: a Tamil countersorcery ritual -- Dead healers and living identities: narratives of a Hindu ghost and a Muslim Sufi in a shared village. |
| Subject |
Death -- Religious aspects.
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Funeral rites and ceremonies -- South Asia.
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South Asia -- Religious life and customs.
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| Added Author |
Wilson, Liz, 1961-
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| ISBN |
0791456781 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780791456781 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0791456773 (alk. paper) |
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9780791456774 (alk. paper) |
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