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Author

Gerke, Barbara, 1966-

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

Imprint

Boston : Brill, c2012.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xxiii, 362 p. : ill. (some col.), maps.
Series	Brill's Tibetan studies library, 1568-6183 ; v. 27
	Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 27.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	pt. 1. Ethnographic settings and analytical frameworks -- pt. 2. The field site and Tibetan areas of knowledge -- pt. 3. The life-span and life-forces in Tibetan medical contexts -- pt. 4. The life-span in astrological and divinatory context -- pt. 5. Tibetan Buddhist long-life empowerments.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	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) -- Religious life and customs.
	Darjeeling (India : District) -- Social life and customs.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9789004217034 (hardback : alk. paper)
	9789004217485 (electronic bk.)