Buddhist rituals of death and rebirth/ (Record no. 147003)
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| fixed length control field | 01750nam a2200157Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780415544702 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 294.356424 |
| Item number | LAN/B |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Langer, Rita |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Buddhist rituals of death and rebirth/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Rita Langer |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Routledge, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2007. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 243 p. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | I Death and dying<br/>Contemporary Sri Lankan practice<br/>The role of monks ((piestionnaire<br/>The role of laypeople (questionnaire<br/>Excursus: jTvadanaya<br/>Commentary on the practice<br/>The importance of the moment of death (questionnaire<br/>When things go wrong: on pretas<br/>Excursus: pirll chanting in contemporary Sri Lanka<br/>Some historical roots: time of death<br/>The Vedic and brahmanical material<br/>The Pali nikayas and some stories from the commentaries<br/>The Abhidhamma interpretation<br/>II The funeral<br/>Contemporary Sri Lankan practice<br/>A laywoman's burial<br/>A monk's cremation<br/>Excursus: treatment of the corpse and its disposal<br/>Commentary to the practice<br/>The general customs<br/>Excursus: intermediate state (questionnaire<br/>Offering of the matakavaslra<br/>Some historical roots: handling the remains<br/>The Vedic and hrahmanical material<br/>The Pclli nikayas and some stories from the commentaries<br/>Archaeological evidence<br/>in Post-funerary rites<br/>Contemjjorary Sri Lankan practice<br/>Bana<br/>Seventh-day malakadanaya<br/>Excursus: treatment of the remains<br/>Two examples of later matakadanas<br/>Excursus: other options {(piestionnaire D.I-3)<br/>Commentary to the practice<br/>Food offerings<br/>Giving of merit<br/>Excursus: anumodanava (questionnaire<br/>Some historical roots: giving of merit<br/>The early stage: assigning merit<br/>The later stage: giving merit<br/>The Ahhidhamma interpretation<br/>Inscriptions<br/>Proposed origins of the notion of giving of merit |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| 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 | 28/08/2016 | 294.356424 LAN/B | P01636 | 17/05/2024 | 08/04/2024 | General Books |