G

Gai Jatra. See Saparu Jatra [48]

Ga:. See Ghat^[*] (river steps)

Ga:hiti Square, 427 -428, 470 , 473 -474, 486 -487, 554

Game people, 88 , 702 n. 36

Gambling, during Swanti, 413 -414, 417

Gandya:. See Ganesa^[*] (god)

Ganesa^[*] , Catha Ganesa^[*] [56], 455 , 654

Ganesa^[*] (god), 219 -222, 252 , 453 , 483 , 566 , 570 , 636 , 637 , 713 -714 nn. 12-16

number of shrines of, 205 , 221 , 219 -222, 713 -714 nn. 12-16

Rat Ganesa^[*] legends of, 489 -490, 744 n. 57

twa: shrines to local (sthan ), 185 , 220 -222, 662 , 667 , 674

See also Chuma(n) Gandya: Jatra

Ga(n)ga jal (Ganges water), 640 -641, 684

Gateways, city. See Bhaktapur, city of

Gatha Muga: Ca:re [45]. See Devi cycle

Gatha thar , 83 , 95 , 627 , 674 , 772

as Nine Durgas performers, 505 -514 passim, 546 -548, 553 -572 passim, 746 n. 13

roles of the, 94 , 515 -516

Gau dan memorial ritual, 445 -446

Gemeinschaft vs. Gesellschaft , 23 -24

Gender, divine. See Deities, gender differentiation among

Gender relationships, 57 , 631 -634, 694 n. 3

assymmetries of, 120

independence of Bhaktapur's women within, 112 -113, 120 -125, 131 -132, 291 -292, 455 , 669

Geneaological referents. See Kinship

Generational roles. See Age; Kinship

Geography of Bhaktapur, 52 -56, 58 -60

See also Bhaktapur, city of; Names of individual areas and places

Gha:su jagye ceremony, 684 , 769 n. 87

See also Purification

Ghantakarna. See Devi cycle, Gatha Muga: Ca:re [45]

Ghat^[*] (river steps), 56 , 161 -162, 427 , 437 , 484 , 677 , 767 n. 54

See also Death rituals

Ghe(n)ta(n) Ghesi(n), 446 , 738 n. 32

See also Carnival

Ghosts and spirits, 207 , 269 -272, 278

twa(n) , 271

See also Deities

Ghya: Caku Sa(n)lhu [10], 423 , 463 -464, 492 , 589 , 646

Gifts,

cash, 130

husband-wife, 115 , 126 , 705 n. 16

marriage, 129 -131

See also Offerings, worship

Girastha , 79

Giri. See Matha^[*] priests

Girls, as dangerous to men, 671 , 765 n. 38

Girls, roles of, 113 , 128 , 665 -669

Kumari Bare, 95 , 363 , 540 -546, 607

See also Ihi (mock marriage); Siblings

Given names. See Names

Goats, sacrificial, 324 , 532 -533, 535 -537

castrated male (khasi ), 220 , 326 -328, 539 , 751 n. 65

God-houses. See Dya che(n) (god-houses)

Goddess, the Dangerous,

appearance and transformations of, 227 -228, 244 -247, 249 -252

as Chandika or Kali, 247 -250, 290

as Devi/Mahamayha, 247

Laksmi contrasted to, 423

See also Dangerous deities (gya(n)pugu ); Mohani festival [67-76]

Gods. See Deities; Pantheon, the Bhaktapur

Gokarna Au(n)si [51], 444 , 453 , 654

Golden Gate (Taleju temple), 237

Go(n)ga thar , 95

Goods and services. See Economy of Bhaktapur; Occupations,

Gopalarajavamsavali Chronicle, 41

Gopinatha Jatra [6], 420 , 644

Gorkhali language. See Languages of Nepal

Gorkha people, 14 -15, 68 , 704 n. 55

Gotra , 356 , 708 n. 36, 768 n. 71

Government of Nepal, 60 -62, 68 , 533 , 620 , 709 n. 48, 750 n. 46

Guthi^[*] Samsthan of the, 441 -442, 459 , 468 , 492 , 740 n. 14, 750 n. 55

See also Nepal

Graha (heavenly bodies), 265 -266, 354 -355, 715 n. 25, 724 n. 30

See also Astrology; Deity groups, astral divinities

Grama locality units, 182 -183, 711 nn. 17, 20

See also Twa : areas

Greece. See Classical civilization

Groom. See Marriage

Guhyesvari (goddess), 231 , 243 , 260 , 267 , 715 -716 n. 26

Gunhi Punhi, [47], 440 -442, 653 , 738 n. 34

Gu(n)laga fortnight, 442 -453, 653 -654

Gu(n)lathwa fortnight, 439 -441, 653

Guru , 351 , 439 , 772

Tantric initiation and the, 314 -317

Guru Puja [44], 439 , 652

Guru-Purohita priests, 351 , 469 , 475 -493 passim, 532 , 556 -557, 749 n. 42

Guthi^[*] association, 141 , 144 -145, 468 , 483 , 709 nn. 47-50, 772

Guthi^[*] Samsthan, the, 709 n. 48, 751 n. 61

festival support by, 441 -442, 459 , 468 , 492 , 740 n. 14, 750 n. 55

Gya(n)pugu. See Dangerous deities (gya(n)pugu ); Deities