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Author Ramble, Charles.

Title The navel of the demoness : Tibetan Buddhism and civil religion in highland Nepal / Charles Ramble
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (393 pages)
Contents The people of Mustang and their history -- Inside the Shöyul -- Neighbours and enemies -- Clans and households -- Buddhism in Te -- The wild gods of Te -- Buddhists or pagans? -- Agedness of error -- Community law: the creation of a collectivity -- The headmen of Te and the heaven-appointed king --The disenchantment of Te
Summary This book is a study of religion in a Tibetanised community of Highland Nepal. The village of Te, in Mustang District, is nominally Buddhist: until recent times it had a tradition of Sakyapa monasticism, and depends on Nyingmapa tantric priests for ritual and clerical services
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Buddhism -- Nepal -- Te
RELIGION -- Buddhism -- General.
Buddhism
Tibetischer Buddhismus
Religieuze gebruiken.
SUBJECT Te (Nepal) -- Religious life and customs
Mustang (Nepal : District) -- Religious life and customs
Subject Nepal -- Mustang (District)
Nepal -- Te
Distrikt Mustang Nepal
Nepal.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780198035084
019803508X
9781435619517
143561951X