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Buddhism and the spirit cults in north-east Thailand / S.J. Tambiah.
- Title
- Buddhism and the spirit cults in north-east Thailand / S.J. Tambiah.
- Author
- Tambiah, Stanley Jeyaraja, 1929-2014.
- Publication
- Cambridge [Eng.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1970.
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Details
- Description
- xi, 388 p. : ill., map.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Cambridge studies in social anthropology ; no. 2
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge studies in social anthropology ; no. 2.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-384) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Machine derived contents note: 1. Introduction: the particular and the general; 2. The stage and its setting; 3. Cosmology; 4. Primary village concepts; 5. The institution of monkhood in historical perspective; 6. The rules of conduct for monks, novices, and laymen; 7. The phases of monkhood; 8. The monastic routine and its rewards; 9. The ideology of merit; 10. The cycle of collective wat rites and the agricultural calendar; 11. Death, mortuary rites, and the path to rebirth; 12. Liberation through hearing: the sacred words of the monks; 13. Sukhwan rites: the elders summon the spirit essence; 14. The co-existence of the brahman and the Buddhist monk; 15. The cult of the guardian spirits; 16. Myth and rite: the Naga symbol and the rocket festival; 17. The afflictions caused by malevolent spirits; 18. Exorcism as healing ritual; 19. A kaleidoscopic view of the religious field; 20. The parade of supernaturals; 21. The past and present in the study of religion: continuities and transformations.
- ISBN
- 0521078253
- 0521099587 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^^73108112^//r86
- OCLC
- 90415
- SCSB-10051589
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library