Preferred Citation: Levy, Robert I. Mesocosm: Hinduism and the Organization of a Traditional Newar City in Nepal. Berkeley:  University of California Press,  c1990 1990. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft6k4007rd/

 
Chapter Five The Distribution of Roles: The Macrostatus System

Non-Newars: Brahmans

There are two groups of Brahmans who have been in the Kathmandu Valley since Malla times, and who will be discussed in chapter 10. These are the Bhatta[*] Brahmans and the Misra or Jha Brahmans. They say they are not Newars, and they are not considered Newars by others. They serve in Bhaktapur as temple priests and as family priests within their own groups. The Bhattas[*] serve some families in one upper-status Newar thar as receivers of gifts in illness, and thus as surrogates for Newar Brahmans in a pollution-transferring service (chap. 10).

Chapter Five The Distribution of Roles: The Macrostatus System
 

Preferred Citation: Levy, Robert I. Mesocosm: Hinduism and the Organization of a Traditional Newar City in Nepal. Berkeley:  University of California Press,  c1990 1990. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft6k4007rd/