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03027aam a2200433 i 4500 001 959E10DE851711EEB4A9908744ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231117010120 008 210430t20222022enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021020124 020 $a 0367556189 020 $a 9780367556181 020 $a 0367519240 020 $a 9780367519247 035 $a (OCoLC)1249703490 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d OCLCO $d GSU $d OCLCO $d YUS $d UIU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-ce--- 050 00 $a BQ4905.S65 $b O248 2022 082 00 $a 294.3/4095493 $2 23 100 1 $a Obeyesekere, Gananath, $e author. 245 10 $a Placating the demons : $b ritual practices among Sri Lankans / $c Gananath Obeyesekere. 264 1 $a Abingdon, Oxon ; $b Routledge, $c 2022. 300 $a 174 pages ; $c 25 cm 520 $a "This book critically examines dominant ceremonial practices in Sri Lanka. It presents key ideas and symbolic systems that exist to this day, in similar shapes or in different guises. It looks at issues such as misfortunes caused by demons (yaksa dosa), an important ceremonial practice known as the puna-yaÌgaya, ideas pertaining to spirit possession, trance, and mediums. It also deals with classical Ayurvedic theories of disease, urban ceremonial practices such as cases of the apotheoses from demon to divinity, as well as multiple forms of Buddhist ceremonial practices that are part of the Sri Lankan consciousness and have found their way into public cultural performances in Sri Lanka. As a comprehensive volume on ceremonial practices in Sri Lanka, this work will be useful for scholars and researchers in cultural studies, sociology, social-anthropology, and particularly those interested in myths and rituals in South Asia"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 1. The Sanni Demons: Collective Representations of Disease in Sri Lanka (1969) -- 2. On Perjury: The Ritual of the Leopard Pot (1984) -- 3. The Spirits of the Dead: A Psycho-Cultural Exegesis of a Case Study of an Exorcism (1975) -- 4. Sorcery and Premeditated Murder: The Canalization of Aggression (1975) -- 5. From Demon to God: The Apotheosis of Huniyan (1986) -- Index. 650 0 $a Buddhist demonology $z Sri Lanka. 650 0 $a Buddhism $z Sri Lanka $x Customs and practices. 650 0 $a Folklore $z Sri Lanka. 650 7 $a Buddhism $x Customs and practices. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00840036 650 7 $a Buddhist demonology. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01727595 650 7 $a Folklore. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00930306 651 0 $a Sri Lanka $x Religious life and customs. 651 7 $a Sri Lanka. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01208730 776 08 $i Online version: $a Obeyesekere, Gananath. $t Placating the demons $d Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022 $z 9781003094326 $w (OCoLC)1250436242 $w (OCoLC)1250436242 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117023921.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=959E10DE851711EEB4A9908744ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search