Recipes for immortality: medicine, religion, and community in South India / (Record no. 160392)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 00886nam a2200157Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780195335231 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 610.899481105482 |
| Item number | WEI/R |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Weiss, Richard S. |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Recipes for immortality: medicine, religion, and community in South India / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Richard S. Weiss |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Oxford University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2009. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 260 p. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 1. Introduction ; <br/>2. The autonomy of tradition: creating space for traditional medicine ; <br/>3. The miraculous origins of siddha medicine ; <br/>4. The invasion of utopia: the corruption of siddha medicine by ayurveda ; <br/>5. Reviving the utopian character of siddha medicine ; <br/>6. Secrecy, hereditary education, and the immortality of siddha medicine ; <br/>7. The loss and recovery of medical knowledge ; <br/>8. Conclusion: the mystery of siddha medicine<br/> |
| 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| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession number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 | Koha item type |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 29/08/2016 | 610.899481105482 WEI/R | P15276 | 29/08/2016 | General Books |