Divination in exile : interdisciplinary approaches to ritual prognostication in the Tibetan Bon tradition
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Divination in exile : interdisciplinary approaches to ritual prognostication in the Tibetan Bon tradition
（Brill's Tibetan studies library, v. 47）
Brill, c2021
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Bibliography: p. [169]-192
Includes index
Summary: "In Divination in Exile, Alexander K. Smith offers the first comprehensive scholarly introduction to the performance of divination in Tibetan speaking communities, both past and present. While Smith surveys a variety of ritual practices, the volume focuses on divination and its associated rites in the contemporary Tibetan Bon tradition. Drawing from multi-site ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Himachal Pradesh and the translation of previously unpublished Tibetan language materials, Divination in Exile offers a valuable, social scientific contribution to our understanding of the perception and usage of ritual manuscripts in contemporary Tibetan cultural milieus"-- Provided by publisher
Contents of Works
- Introduction : interdisciplinary perspectives
- The study of Tibetan divination
- Tibetan divination and the Bon tradition
- lDeʾu ʾphrul divination
- The divination of sMra baʾi seng ge
- Conclusion : an interdisciplinary approach to Tibetan divination?
