Placating the Demons: Ritual Practices among Sri Lankans

by Gananath Obeyesekere

Book Overview

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-yāgaya, ideas pertaining to spirit possession, trance, and mediums. It also deals with classical Ayurvedic theories of disease, urban...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367556189
• ISBN13: 9780367556181
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Routledge Chapman & Hall
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"