The Navel of the Demoness: Tibetan Buddhism and Civil Religion in Highland Nepal

The Navel of the Demoness: Tibetan Buddhism and Civil Religion in Highland Nepal

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-408

  Ramble, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bellah; Buddhism; Mustang; Nepal; Parsons; Sacrifice; Tantric priests; Tibet; Transcendence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921366564     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195154146.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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