BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; I DEATH AND DYING; II THE FUNERAL; III POST-FUNERARY RITES; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; APPENDIX: Questionnaire: English and Sinhala; BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ABBREVIATIONS; GENERAL INDEX; INDEX OF CITED PASSAGES, SUTTAS AND TEXTS
Summary
Drawing on early Vedic sutras and Pali texts as well as archaeological and epigraphical material, this book provides a thorough analysis of the rituals and social customs surrounding death in the Theravada tradition of Sri Lanka
