Lamas, shamas and ancestors: village religion in sikkim/
Anna Balikci
- Netherlands: Koninklijke Brill N.V 2008.
- 403p.
PART I: THE SETTINGCHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION CHAPTER TWO: PERSPECTIVES ON THE PASTCHAPTER THREE: THE HIDDEN LAND AND ITS SUPERNATURAL POPULATIONCHAPTER FOUR: VILLAGE RELIGION: RITUAL OF ILLNESSCHAPTER FIVE: THE SHAMANS PART II: THE LANDCHAPTER SIX: THE LAND, ITS WORKERS, HARVESTS AND RITUALSCHAPTER SEVEN: THE LAND, ITS PROBLEMS AND RITUAL SOLUTIONS PART III: THE HOUSEHOLDCHAPTER EIGHT: LIFE AND RITUAL CYCLES OF HOUSEHOLD MEMBERSCHAPTER NINE: CURING AND PROTECTIVE RITUALS OF THE HOUSEHOLD PART IV: THE VILLAGE AND THE STATECHAPTER TEN: RITUAL, THE VILLAGE AND THE STATECHAPTER ELEVEN: CONVENTIONAL BUDDHISM AND VILLAGE RELIGIONCHAPTER TWELVE: CONCLUSION: THE APPARENT DICHOTOMY BETWEEN BON AND BUDDHISMGLOSSAR..