Buddhist rituals of death and rebirth/
Rita Langer
- 1st ed.
- London: Routledge, 2007.
- 243 p.
I Death and dying Contemporary Sri Lankan practice The role of monks ((piestionnaire The role of laypeople (questionnaire Excursus: jTvadanaya Commentary on the practice The importance of the moment of death (questionnaire When things go wrong: on pretas Excursus: pirll chanting in contemporary Sri Lanka Some historical roots: time of death The Vedic and brahmanical material The Pali nikayas and some stories from the commentaries The Abhidhamma interpretation II The funeral Contemporary Sri Lankan practice A laywoman's burial A monk's cremation Excursus: treatment of the corpse and its disposal Commentary to the practice The general customs Excursus: intermediate state (questionnaire Offering of the matakavaslra Some historical roots: handling the remains The Vedic and hrahmanical material The Pclli nikayas and some stories from the commentaries Archaeological evidence in Post-funerary rites Contemjjorary Sri Lankan practice Bana Seventh-day malakadanaya Excursus: treatment of the remains Two examples of later matakadanas Excursus: other options {(piestionnaire D.I-3) Commentary to the practice Food offerings Giving of merit Excursus: anumodanava (questionnaire Some historical roots: giving of merit The early stage: assigning merit The later stage: giving merit The Ahhidhamma interpretation Inscriptions Proposed origins of the notion of giving of merit