Lamas, shamans and ancestors : village religion in Sikkim /
Balikci, Anna.
Lamas, shamans and ancestors : village religion in Sikkim / by Anna Balikci. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008. - 1 online resource (xx, 403 pages) : illustrations, maps - Brill's Tibetan studies library, v. 17 1568-6183 ; . - Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 17. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-394) and indexes.
Preface; Original Preface and Acknowledgments; A Note on the Text; List of Illustrations; PART I: THE SETTING; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: Perspectives on the Past; Chapter Three: The Hidden Land and its SupernaturalPopulation; Chapter Four: Village Religion: Ritual of Illness; Chapter Five: The Shamans; PART II: THE LAND; Chapter Six: The Land, its Workers, Harvests and Rituals; Chapter Seven: The Land, its Problems and RitualSolutions; PART III: THE HOUSEHOLD; Chapter Eight: Life and Ritual Cycles of Household Members.
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Sheds light on the relationship between Buddhism and shamanism. This book examines the relationships between Buddhist lamas and practitioners of bon. It presents their interactions in terms of contexts in which lamas and shamans meet. It shows village lamas and shamans to share a conceptual view of reality at the base of their amiable coexistence.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
English.
9789047433484 (electronic bk.) 9047433483 (electronic bk.) 1282398911 9781282398917 9786612398919 6612398914 (hardback ; alk. paper) (hardback ; alk. paper)
10.1163/ej.9789004167063.i-406 doi
GBA852818 bnb
Uk bccb
Bhotia (Tibetan people)--Religion.--India--Sikkim
Shamans--India--Sikkim.
Lamas--India--Sikkim.
Bon (Tibetan religion)--Relations--Buddhism.
Buddhism--Relations--Bon.
Bhotia (Peuple du Tibet)--Religion.--Inde--Sikkim
Lamas (Bouddhisme)--Inde--Sikkim.
RELIGION--Eastern.
Bon (Tibetan religion)
Buddhism.
Interfaith relations.
Lamas.
Shamans.
Bon-Religion
Ritus
India--Sikkim.
Sikkim
Bhotia.
Electronic books.
BL2016.S55 / B35 2008
299.5/40954167
Lamas, shamans and ancestors : village religion in Sikkim / by Anna Balikci. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008. - 1 online resource (xx, 403 pages) : illustrations, maps - Brill's Tibetan studies library, v. 17 1568-6183 ; . - Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 17. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-394) and indexes.
Preface; Original Preface and Acknowledgments; A Note on the Text; List of Illustrations; PART I: THE SETTING; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: Perspectives on the Past; Chapter Three: The Hidden Land and its SupernaturalPopulation; Chapter Four: Village Religion: Ritual of Illness; Chapter Five: The Shamans; PART II: THE LAND; Chapter Six: The Land, its Workers, Harvests and Rituals; Chapter Seven: The Land, its Problems and RitualSolutions; PART III: THE HOUSEHOLD; Chapter Eight: Life and Ritual Cycles of Household Members.
Use copy
Sheds light on the relationship between Buddhism and shamanism. This book examines the relationships between Buddhist lamas and practitioners of bon. It presents their interactions in terms of contexts in which lamas and shamans meet. It shows village lamas and shamans to share a conceptual view of reality at the base of their amiable coexistence.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
English.
9789047433484 (electronic bk.) 9047433483 (electronic bk.) 1282398911 9781282398917 9786612398919 6612398914 (hardback ; alk. paper) (hardback ; alk. paper)
10.1163/ej.9789004167063.i-406 doi
GBA852818 bnb
Uk bccb
Bhotia (Tibetan people)--Religion.--India--Sikkim
Shamans--India--Sikkim.
Lamas--India--Sikkim.
Bon (Tibetan religion)--Relations--Buddhism.
Buddhism--Relations--Bon.
Bhotia (Peuple du Tibet)--Religion.--Inde--Sikkim
Lamas (Bouddhisme)--Inde--Sikkim.
RELIGION--Eastern.
Bon (Tibetan religion)
Buddhism.
Interfaith relations.
Lamas.
Shamans.
Bon-Religion
Ritus
India--Sikkim.
Sikkim
Bhotia.
Electronic books.
BL2016.S55 / B35 2008
299.5/40954167