The navel of the demoness Tibetan Buddhism and civil religion in highland Nepal
This book is a study of religion in a Tibetanised community of Highland Nepal. The village of Te, in Mustang District, is nominally Buddhist: until recent times it had a tradition of Sakyapa monasticism, and depends on Nyingmapa tantric priests for ritual and clerical services
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2008, 2008
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This book is a study of religion in a Tibetanised community of Highland Nepal. The village of Te, in Mustang District, is nominally Buddhist: until recent times it had a tradition of Sakyapa monasticism, and depends on Nyingmapa tantric priests for ritual and clerical services |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 393 p. ill., maps |
| ISBN: | 9780199868513 0199868514 |