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Heroes and saints : the moment of death in cross-cultural pespectives / edited by Phyllis Granoff and Koichi Shinohara.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Death--Religious aspects--Comparative studies.
- Death.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (295 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The present volume makes a unique contribution to the study of dying in ancient cultures by focusing on what happens in the critical moments before death. Employing a wide range of literary sources, the essays in this volume focus exclusively on the moment of death and practices associated Other the transition from this world to the next. Five of the essays deal Other Asian religions, primarily Buddhism in India, Tibet, China, and Japan. The other five essays deal Other the moment of death in th...
- Contents:
- pt. I. The heroic death : models and transformations
- pt. II. Observing the moment of death : rites and reflections.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-1089-4
- OCLC:
- 823726111
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