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Dying the good death : the pilgrimage to die in India's Holy City
- Title
- Dying the good death : the pilgrimage to die in India's Holy City / Christopher Justice.
- Author
- Justice, Christopher.
- Publication
- Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1997.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | BL1214.72 .J87 1997 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xx, 268 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Subject
- Death > Religious aspects > Hinduism
- Hinduism > India > Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh) > Customs and practices
- Death > Psychological aspects
- Death
- Attitude to Death
- Death
- Hinduism
- Hindouisme > Inde > Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh) > Coutumes et pratiques
- Mort > Aspect psychologique
- Mort
- deaths
- Death > Psychological aspects
- Death Religious aspects Hinduism
- Hinduism > Customs and practices
- Hinduismus
- Tod
- Dood
- Bedevaarten
- Hindoeïsme
- Mort > Aspect religieux > Hindouisme
- Hindouisme > Inde > Bénarès > Coutumes et pratiques
- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India) > Religious life and customs
- India > Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
- Varanasi
- Bénarès (Inde) > Vie religieuse
- Hinduism Customs and practices India Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
- Hinduism India Vārānasi Customs and practices
- Varanasi (India) Religious life and customs
- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India) Religious life and customs
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-262) and index.
- Contents
- Perspective on death and dying -- Kashi and studying Hinduism -- The historical context of dying in Kashi -- The Kashi Labh Muktibhavan -- Dying as tradition -- Dying in a spiritual system -- Dying and morality -- Physiological dying -- Good death and the dying process. -- Afterword -- Appendix: Survey questionnaire and compilation of responses -- Glossary of commonly used Hindi terms.
- ISBN
- 0791432610
- 9780791432617
- 0791432629
- 9780791432624
- LCCN
- 96017471
- OCLC
- ocm34546542
- 34546542
- SCSB-2112980
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library