Lamas, shamans and ancestors : village religion in Sikkim / by Anna Balikci.

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Balikci, Anna

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 17.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (xx, 403 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9789047433484
9047433483
1282398911
9781282398917
9786612398919
6612398914

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Lamas, shamans and ancestors.DDC classification:

299.5/40954167 22

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BL2016.S55 B35 2008

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Contents:

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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Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-394) and indexes.

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.

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