Death and Life-Giving Waters Cremation, Caste, and Cosmogony in Karmic Traditions

In this original work, the author aims to develop a synthetic perspective for enhancing the understanding of the roles death and life-giving waters have in the constitution of society and cosmos in karmic traditions through a material culture study of death and funeral practices as cultural, ritual, and religious processes in parts of Nepal, Bangladesh, India, and the Indus Valley.Oestigaard, Terje is the author of 'Death and Life-Giving Waters Cremation, Caste, and Cosmogony in Karmic Traditions', published 2005 under ISBN 9781841716985 and ISBN 1841716987.