Time and longevity: Concepts of the life-span among Tibetans in the Darjeeling Hills, India

Time and longevity: Concepts of the life-span among Tibetans in the Darjeeling Hills, India

This thesis explores Tibetan ideas regarding the life-span and the various life-forces that influence longevity. It presents a substantial body of ethnographic data from seventeen months of fieldwork among Tibetans in the Darjeeiing Hills, West Bengal, India (between June, 2004 and May, 2006), an ar...

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Main Author: Gerke, Barbara
Published: University of Oxford 2008
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spelling ndltd-bl.uk-oai-ethos.bl.uk-4913952015-03-20T06:29:28ZTime and longevity: Concepts of the life-span among Tibetans in the Darjeeling Hills, IndiaGerke, Barbara2008This thesis explores Tibetan ideas regarding the life-span and the various life-forces that influence longevity. It presents a substantial body of ethnographic data from seventeen months of fieldwork among Tibetans in the Darjeeiing Hills, West Bengal, India (between June, 2004 and May, 2006), an area where I lived for long periods of time since 1992. The thesis supplements this ethnographic material with translations from two Tibetan medical texts (twelfth and seventeenth century CE) and a selection of astrological tables and divinatory texts that are used by Tibetans in this region today.390.09515University of Oxfordhttp://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.491395Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
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Time and longevity: Concepts of the life-span among Tibetans in the Darjeeling Hills, India
description This thesis explores Tibetan ideas regarding the life-span and the various life-forces that influence longevity. It presents a substantial body of ethnographic data from seventeen months of fieldwork among Tibetans in the Darjeeiing Hills, West Bengal, India (between June, 2004 and May, 2006), an area where I lived for long periods of time since 1992. The thesis supplements this ethnographic material with translations from two Tibetan medical texts (twelfth and seventeenth century CE) and a selection of astrological tables and divinatory texts that are used by Tibetans in this region today.
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title Time and longevity: Concepts of the life-span among Tibetans in the Darjeeling Hills, India
title_short Time and longevity: Concepts of the life-span among Tibetans in the Darjeeling Hills, India
title_full Time and longevity: Concepts of the life-span among Tibetans in the Darjeeling Hills, India
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