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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785516203321

Titolo

The living and the dead [[electronic resource] ] : social dimensions of death in South Asian religions / / edited by Liz Wilson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2003

ISBN

0-7914-8701-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in Hindu studies

Altri autori (Persone)

WilsonLiz

Disciplina

291.2/3

Soggetti

Death - Religious aspects

Funeral rites and ceremonies - South Asia

South Asia Religious life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""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: ATamil Countersorcery Ritual1""; ""Dead Healers and Living Identities: Narratives of a Hindu Ghost and a Muslim Sufi in a Shared Village*""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""