02154nam a2200421 a 4500 ebr10524306 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 110819s2012 mauab sb 001 0 eng d 2011035141 9789004217034 (hardback : alk. paper) 9789004217485 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)778434347 a-ii--- DS432.T5 G47 2012eb 305.895/4105414 23 Gerke, Barbara, 1966- Long lives and untimely deaths [electronic resource] : life-span concepts and longevity practices among Tibetans in the Darjeeling Hills, India / by Barbara Gerke. Boston : Brill, c2012. xxiii, 362 p. : ill. (some col.), maps. Brill's Tibetan studies library, 1568-6183 ; v. 27 Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 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. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 27. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10524306 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 142879 142879