Health and religious rituals in South Asia: disease, possession and healing/ (Record no. 159488)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780415561457 |
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| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 203.10954 |
| Item number | FER/H |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Ferrari, Fabrizio M. |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Health and religious rituals in South Asia: disease, possession and healing/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Fabrizio M. Ferrari |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Routledge, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2011. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 224p. ; |
| Dimensions | 23cm. |
| 440 ## - SERIES | |
| Title | Routledge South Asian religion series, 5 |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | PART I<br/>Introduction<br/>1 Possession in theory and practice: historical and<br/>contemporary models<br/>FREDERICK M. SMITH<br/>2 Is possession really possible? Towards a hermeneutics of<br/>transformative embodiment in South Asia<br/>ADITYA MALIK<br/>PART 11<br/>Possession from the West<br/>3 Possession in an Islamist valley: spirits, Islamists and love<br/>in Chitral, northern Pakistan<br/>MAGNUS MARSDEN<br/>4 Sikh controversies concerning Punjabi pilgrimage sites used<br/>for healing and possession<br/>RON GEAVES<br/>5 Ancestors, demons and the goddess; negotiating the<br/>animate cosmos of Jainism<br/>ANNE VALLELY<br/>PART III<br/>Possession from the North<br/>6 Disease, the demons and the Buddhas: a study of Tibetan<br/>conceptions of disease and religious practice<br/>IVETTE VARGAS-O'BRYAN<br/>7 Shamanic healing: a jhaiikri in the city<br/>DEEPAK SHIMKHADA AND ADAM D. PAVE<br/>8 Calculating fecundity in the KSiyapa SanthUa<br/>ANTHONY CERULLI<br/>FART IV<br/>Possession from the East<br/>9 The whisper of the spirits: shamanic kinship and the cult<br/>of the ancestors among the Lanjia Saoras of Orissa<br/>STEFANO BEGGIORA<br/>10 In the shadow of the devil: traditional patterns of Lepcha<br/>culture reinterpreted<br/>DAVIDE TORRI<br/>FART V<br/>Possession from the South<br/>11 GumSg, WizuriSn and Tan-drusffh: affliction and healing in<br/>Zoroastrianism<br/>RASTIN MEHRI<br/>12 Possession as protection and affliction: the goddess<br/>Mariyamman's fierce grace<br/>WILLIAM HARMAN<br/>13 The obsolescence of the demons? Modernity and possession<br/>in Sri Lanka<br/> |
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| Keyword | Spirit possession -- South Asia. |
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| Keyword | South Asia -- Religious life and customs. |
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| Keyword | Spiritual healing -- South Asia. |
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| Koha item type | General Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession number | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Koha item type |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 29/08/2016 | 203.10954 FER/H | P14320 | 08/04/2022 | 04/04/2022 | General Books |