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.