| Description |
ix, 313 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction : the study of popular ideas of karma / Charles F. Keyes -- The tool box approach of the Tamil to the issues of moral responsibility and human destiny / Sheryl B. Daniel -- Fate, karma, and cursing in a local epic milieu / Brenda E. F. Beck -- Karma divined in a ritual capsule / E. Valentine Daniel -- Karma and other explanation traditions in a South Indian village / Paul G. Hiebert -- Astrology and fate : the Hindu and Muslim experiences / Judy F. Pugh -- Vrats : transformers of destiny / Susan S. Wadley -- Destiny and responsibility : karma in popular Hinduism / Lawrence A. Babb -- Incest recaptured : some contraries of karma in Balinese symbology / James A. Boon -- Irony in Tibetan notions of the good life / David Lichter, Lawrence Epstein -- Merit-transference in the kammic theory of popular Therevāda Buddhism / Charles F. Keyes -- Conclusion : karma, the uses of an idea / E. Valentine Daniel |
| Analysis |
Karma |
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South Asia Religious life and customs |
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Southeast Asia Religious life and customs |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index |
| Subject |
Karma.
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Karmah (Sudan)
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Asia, Southeastern -- Religious life and customs.
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South Asia -- Religious life and customs.
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| Author |
Daniel, E. Valentine.
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Keyes, Charles F.
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| LC no. |
81019719 |
| ISBN |
0520044290 |
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