Inviting death
Subtitle: Indian attitude towards the ritual death
By: S. Settar.
Series: Monographs and theoretical studies in sociology and anthropology in honour of Nels Anderson,; publication 28
Publisher: Brill
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Leiden; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
Subjects: Suicide -- Religious aspects -- Jainism.; Spiritual life -- Jainism.; Jainism -- India -- Srāvana Belgola -- Customs and practices.; Sepulchral monuments -- India -- Srāvana Belgola.; Srāvana Belgola (India) -- Religious life and customs.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 279-285.
Includes index.