Gerke, Barbara,  1966- <br/><br/>
Long lives and untimely deaths  life-span concepts and longevity practices among Tibetans in the Darjeeling Hills, India /  [electronic resource] : 
by Barbara Gerke. 
 - Boston :  Brill,  c2012. 
 - xxiii, 362 p. :  ill. (some col.), maps. 
 - Brill's Tibetan studies library,  v. 27  1568-6183 ; .
 - Brill's Tibetan studies library ;  v. 27. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789004217485 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Tibetans--Social conditions.--India--Darjeeling (District)<br/>Tibetans--Religion.--India--Darjeeling (District)<br/>Longevity--India--Darjeeling (District)<br/>Life span, Productive--India--Darjeeling (District)<br/>Old age--India--Darjeeling (District)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Darjeeling (India : District)--Religious life and customs.<br/>Darjeeling (India : District)--Social life and customs.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS432.T5  / G47 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.895/4105414