Death and Life-Giving Waters: Cremation, Caste, and Cosmogony in Karmic Traditions (Bar International)

By Terje Oestigaard

In this original work, the author aims to develop a synthetic perspective for enhancing the understanding of the roles death and life-giving waters have in the constitution of society and cosmos in karmic traditions through a material culture study of death and funeral practices as cultural, ritual, and religious processes in parts of Nepal, Bangladesh, India, and the Indus Valley.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841716987
• ISBN13: 9781841716985
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
• Length: 353 Pages
• Weight: 2.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.3" x 11.7"