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Inviting death : Indian attitude towards the ritual death / S. Settar.
- Title
- Inviting death : Indian attitude towards the ritual death / S. Settar.
- Author
- Settar, S.
- Publication
- Leiden ; New York : Brill, 1989.
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- Description
- xxx, 324 p., [48] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Monographs and theoretical studies in sociology and anthropology in honour of Nels Anderson, 0169-9202 ; publication 28
- Uniform Title
- Monographs and theoretical studies in sociology and anthropology in honour of Nels Anderson publication 28.
- Subject
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 279-285.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- pt. 1. Religious backdrop for ritual experiments. Age of great material and religious prosperity ; Time of Trouble : ritual death, a blurred memory (1300-1900 A.D.) -- pt. 2. Voluntary termination of life : philosophy and practice. Meaning and significance of rituals ; The ritual in practice ; Some honoured saints : their career and contributions -- pt. 3. Art of commemorating the dead. Nisidhis : characteristics variety and art.
- ISBN
- 9004087907 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^^88014503^
- OCLC
- 17876059
- SCSB-9959057
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library