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Ja cipa(n) thiyekegu ceremony, 661 -662

Jagana God Jatra [41], 438 , 652

Jagannatha (god), 205

Jahan (household family), 110

Jajaman (patron/principal worshiper), 301 -304, 353 , 639 , 772

Jaki Gwa, 470 , 499 , 641

Ja(n)gam. See Matha^[*] priests

Ja(n)ko ceremonies, 611 , 661 -662, 676 -677

Jat groups, 664

thars compared to, 74 , 139

Jata : (birth record), 661 , 678 , 762 n. 3

Jatadhari thar , 95

Jatra image. See Deity images, portable

Jatra (religious procession), 420 , 424 , 496 , 743 n. 43, 772

implications of the, 583 -584, 756 n. 15

local twa :, 435 , 436 -437, 445 , 460 , 483 -484

Mohani period daily, 525 -555 passim, 559 -560

the Nine Durgas troupe, 566 -567

See also Routes, ceremonial

Jayasthiti Paddhati. See Newar people, the

Jha Brahmans, 87 , 347 -348, 352 , 372

Jica bhaju (son-in-law), 631 , 676

Jihvasodhana postnatal ceremony, 660

Jona (sacred thread), 81 , 300 , 315 , 357 , 441 , 699 n. 17, 738 n. 36, 772

presentation of the, 664 -665, 763 n. 17

Josi thar , 94 , 95 , 278 , 727 n. 15, 772

of Chathar, 80 , 699 -700 n. 18

roles of the, 354 -356, 661 , 727 n. 14

Judeo-Christian-Islamic religions, Hinduism and the, 274 , 606 , 618 -619, 720 n. 71, 757 n. 3

Jugari Na:mi [3], 418 , 644

Jugi thar , 83 , 84 , 95 , 201 , 255 , 627 , 717 n. 40, 758 n. 7

as absorbers of pollution, 181 , 263 , 345 , 369 -371, 386 , 678 , 682 , 729 n. 37, 731 n. 8

distribution of the, 180 -182

origin of, 368 -369, 729 nn. 33-34

Po(n) compared to the, 370 -371, 627

roles of the, 94 , 421 , 721 n. 3, 743 n. 42, 749 n. 41, 772

water unacceptability of the, 83

Jugis, Tantrism and the, 371 , 372

Jyapu thars , 74 , 81 -82, 700 n. 20, 758 nn. 2-5, 772

bhajana groups, 427 , 471

classes of, 356 -357, 626 -627, 700 n. 19, 749 n. 41

festival activities of, 420 , 442 , 446 -447, 486 , 526 , 749 n. 39

households, 64 , 97 , 123 , 128 , 130 , 135 , 178 , 187

Maha(n), 471 , 472 , 537 , 741 n. 20, 758 n. 4