Rituals Folk Beliefs And Magical Arts Of Sri Lanka
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Rituals Folk Beliefs and Magical Arts of Sri Lanka
Author | : Mihindukalasūrya Ār. Pī. Susantā Pranāndu |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 500 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Folklore |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105124279139 |
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Buddhist Rituals of Death and Rebirth
Author | : Rita Langer |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2007-08-07 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9781134158737 |
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Drawing on early Vedic sutras and Pali texts as well as archaeological and epigraphical material, this book provides a thorough analysis of the rituals and social customs surrounding death in the Theravada tradition of Sri Lanka.
Folklore of Sri Lanka
Author | : Nandasēna Ratnapāla |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Folklore |
ISBN | : UOM:39015028912080 |
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Jyotish
Author | : Andrew Mason |
Publsiher | : Singing Dragon |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2017-05-18 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 9780857011602 |
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An authoritative primer to Jyotish, or Vedic Astrology, this book draws on the author's extensive study of the tradition. Andrew Mason explains in detail the practical applications of Jyotish, introduces the planets, signs and houses, as well as the many rich and highly entertaining mythologies of the system with an explanation of how to interpret them. He also covers Vedic Astrology's sister science, Ayurveda, and describes how they interact to provide insight into celestial timing, sustained health and general wellbeing. With sample charts that show the applications throughout, the book provides a complete an accessible resource on Jyotish for students of Indian astrology and Ayurveda practitioners. It will also be of interest to anyone with a passion for astrology.
Asian Pacific Book Development
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Book industries and trade |
ISBN | : IND:30000081134532 |
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Encyclopedia of Vampire Mythology
Author | : Theresa Bane |
Publsiher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 207 |
Release | : 2012-06-21 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780786455812 |
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From the earliest days of oral history to the present, the vampire myth persists among mankind’s deeply-rooted fears. This encyclopedia, with entries ranging from “Abchanchu” to “Zmeus,” includes nearly 600 different species of historical and mythological vampires, fully described and detailed.
Formations of Ritual
Author | : David Scott |
Publsiher | : U of Minnesota Press |
Total Pages | : 334 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780816622566 |
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Formations of Ritual was first published in 1994. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. Yaktovil is an elaborate healing ceremony employed by Sinhalas in Sri Lanka to dispel the effects of the eyesight of a pantheon of malevolent supernatural figures known as yakku. Anthropology, traditionally, has articulated this ceremony with the concept metaphor of "demonism." Yet, as David Scott demonstrates in this provocative book, this use of "demonism" reveals more about the discourse of anthropology than it does about the ritual itself. His investigation of yaktovil and yakku within the Sinhala cosmology is also an inquiry into the ways in which anthropology, by ignoring the discursive history of the rituals, religions, and relationships it seeks to describe, tends to reproduce ideological-often, specifically colonial-objects. To do this, Scott describes the discursive apparatus through which yakku are positioned in the moral universe of Sinhala, traces the appearance of yakku and yaktovil in Western discourse, evaluates the contribution of these figures and this ceremony in anthropology, and attempts to show how the larger anthropology of Buddhism, in which the anthropology of yaktovil is embedded, might be reconfigured. Finally, he offers a rereading of the ritual in terms of the historically selfconscious approach he proposes.The result points to a major rethinking of the historical nature not only of the objects, but also of the concepts through which they are constructed in anthropological discourse. David Scott teaches in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Chicago.
Tai Magic
Author | : Susan Conway |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Buddhism |
ISBN | : 6167339155 |
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"Introduces manuscripts, textiles and talismans associated with the supernatural. Within the context of Tai cosmology and numerology, Theravada Buddhism and spirit religion, the book examines how good and bad spirits are represented in figurative illustrations and how mystical diagrams and spells are formulated to bring good luck and protection or cause bad luck."--Jacket.