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Hada thar , 95

Hadigaon (Harigaon), 55 , 159 , 709 n. 5

Hair,

boy's shaving ceremony (busakha ), 662 -664, 763 nn. 11-12

girl's hair-parting ceremony (Sa(n)) pyakegu ), 672 -673

and nails cutting, 362 , 387 -388, 392 , 664 -665, 732 -733 n. 23

Halahulu (outcastes), 85 , 627 , 701 n. 30

Haleyojosi thar , 95

Halves, city. See under Bhaktapur, city of

Hanuman (god), 205 , 216 , 718 n. 54

Hanumante River, 55 , 56 , 152 -153, 169 , 171 , 184 , 348 , 484 , 514

Hari. See Visnu-Narayana^[*] (god)

Hari Bodhini [4], 418 -419, 438 , 585 , 644 , 652

Hari Sayani [42], 406 , 438 , 585 , 587 , 644 , 652

Harisimhadeva^[*] , 41 , 347 , 349

Taleju and, 234 -238, 553 , 722 n. 17

Harvest festival. See Mohani festival

Heaven, 223 , 442

Siva's, 215

swarga , 459

Visnu's^[*] , 215 , 318 , 445 , 767 n. 55

See also Reincarnation

Heramba. See Ganesa^[*] (god)

Hereditary status system. See Macrostatus levels; Thar groups

Heroes, 612

Hierarchies of deities. See Deities

Hierarchy,

household, 117 -120

meaningfulness of, 614 , 616

the Nine Durgas cycle and, 572 -576

phenomena and Idea classes of, 609 -613

rules concerning, 99 -102

thar ranks, 625 -627

See also Cipa (contaminated food) customs; Macrostatus levels

Himalaya/Himavan^[*] (god), Parvati as the daughter of, 225 , 666

Hinduism,

as ahistorical, 27 -28

as an archaic symbol system, 27 -28, 617

Bhaktapur as a climax community of, 2 , 27 -28, 59 , 619

Hinduism (continued )

Bhaktapur's pantheon and, 205 -207, 288 -292

Buddhist priests and, 362 -363

calendrically anchored events of, 406 -407

entailments and markers of, 99 -105, 606

family patterns of, 114 -117

static social order of, 23 , 99 , 572 -576

women and, 120 -125, 131 -134

See also Deities; Macrostatus levels; Vedic religion

Hipha: Gods, 537 , 750 -751 n. 57, 751 n. 62

History, political, 35 -52, 616 -619, 690 n. 7

early Newar, 35 -39

legendary, 489 -490, 499 , 610 , 612

of the Newars in Bhaktapur, 13 -15, 39 -42

See also Malla court

Hiti (water fountain), 741 n. 23

Holi Punhi festival [17], 430 -431, 648

Ho(n)kegu marriage ceremony, 674 -675

Horoscope. See Astrology

Horror storines, 720 n. 72

House, the Newar. See Architecture; Che(n) (house)

Household, the,

gods of, 215 , 218 -219, 224 , 268 -269, 306 -312

hierarchy, 117 -120

lateral environment of, 586 , 755 n. 9

moral beyond contrasted with amoral outside of, 223

natal households and, 117 , 121 -122, 125 -126, 133 -134, 141 , 415 -417, 423 , 431 , 453 , 669 , 670 , 681 , 705 n. 6

roles within, 112 -113, 705 n. 3

Swanti worship of, 411 -417

worship rituals in, 636 -642 passim

Households,

festivals primarily for, 578 -579, 592 -593

macrostatus and city locations of, 164 , 173

macrostatus level demographics on, 97 , 111 -112

macrostatus level and spatial access to, 103

macrostatus level and thar numbers of, 96 -99

as microstatus units, 69 -70, 110 -112, 335 -336, 559 , 658 -660, 725 n. 45

past numbers of, 59 , 97 , 694 n. 31

See also Microcosms

Human sacrifice, 331 -332

Humor, ritualized, 534 , 750 n. 49

Nine Durgas, 567 -568, 570

satire during Saparu, 450 -451, 739 n. 45

Hunting, 429 , 737 n. 23

Husbands. See Marriage

Hypergamy, 114 , 122 , 130 , 704 n. 49-50, 766 n. 48

isogamy and, 130 , 136 -137, 707 n. 33, 707 -708 n. 34

See also Endogamy and exogamy; Kinship