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/

 
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2. Groups within Bhaktapur: non-Newar Brahmans and Matha[*] priests.

Rajopadhyaya Brahmans traditionally considered the Jha and Bhatta[*] Brahmans and the Matha[*] priests to be water-acceptable. The Newar Chathariya, and Pa(n)cthariya treated them as they did the highest segments just below themselves; that is, they accepted all food except boiled rice and pulses from them. Middle-level and lower-level Newar groups accept rice from these priests. Conversely, the Jha and Bhatta[*] Brahmans accepted rice from neither Rajopadhyaya Brahmans nor the levels below them.

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/