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Titelei

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Contents

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Note on Indigenous Texts, Transcription and Names

xiii

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Introduction

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1. Overview of the Srid-pa’i lha Cult

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2. Flows of Life in the Srid-pa’i lha Cosmosf

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3. Principal Deities of Worship

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4. Primordial Initiators

103

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5. Bon Shamans

161

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6. Material Culture of Bon Shamans

183

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7. Rite Techniques of Bon shamans

227

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8. Other R itual Performers in the Cult

289

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Reflections I

299

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10. The Aheylha Festival of Changmadung

387

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11. The Bapu Lhasöshe Festival of Thempang

425

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12. The Pla Festival of Lhau

425

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13. Wild Animals, Talismans and Mimicking

531

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Reflections II

551

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Notes

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