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The numbers in square brackets are annual festival calender numbers, as listed in Appendix Five. Please see Appendix One for an explanation of the transliteration characters used for the Newari and Sanskrit words appearing in this index.

Abhir. See Worship materials

Acaju (priests), 94 , 95 , 207 , 626 , 667 , 736 n. 7, 771

Brahmans and, 298 , 345

Karmacarya name, 356 , 772

public Tantrism of the, 300 -319 passim, 356 -357, 372 , 725 n. 40

See also Priests

Acaju, Sesar[*] , story of Nararupa and, 480 -481, 745 n. 4, 752 n. 78

Acaju, Sunanda, 503

Acts of worship. See Puja (worship); Worship

Adoption. See Children

Affinal kin. See Kinship

Aga(n) Dya: (gods), 81 , 771

household Aga(n) Room for, 189 -190, 310 , 723 n. 20

Tantric worship of, 306 -312

See also Digu Dya: (gods); Phuki groups

Aga(n) House (Aga(n) che(n )), 308 -310, 661 , 722 nn. 18-19, 723 n. 23

Age,

Buraburi ja(n)ko ceremonies for old, 676 -677, 766 n. 50

counting system, 676 , 763 n. 10

household hierarchy and, 117 -120

kinship terminology and, 631 -634

marriage and, 114 -115, 127 -128, 136 , 705 -706 n. 17, 706 nn. 18-20

phuki rank and, 140 , 330

population, 57

See also Kinship

Aggression. See Conflict, ritual

Agnihotra Brahman, 236 -237, 266

Agriculture,

cyclical festivals connected with, 422 -423, 436 , 440 , 501 -576 passim, 512 , 560 -561, 590 -591, 645 , 745 n. 8

as the economic base, 62 -66, 695 nn. 6-8

See also Devi cycle; Mohani festival [67-76]; Plants

Akasa Bhaila Dya: See Bhairava (god)

Aksaya[*] Trtiya[*] [34], 434 -435, 578 , 650

Ali(n) God, 667

Ananta Narayana[*] Puja [60], 458 , 655

Ancient Indo-European city type, 19 -23

Angsa queue, 663 , 763 n. 11

Aniconic shrines. See Shrines; Stone gods

Animals,

dogs and crows, 679 , 681

as food according to status, 103 -104

hierarchical division of the sacrificial, 328 -331, 539

as pets, 189

sacrificial, 144 , 189 , 324 -331, 326 -331, 504 -505, 507 , 516 , 532 -539, 561 , 567 , 569 , 724 n. 35, 725 n. 38

sacrificial water buffalo, 236 , 716 n. 33

as surrogates, 331 , 390 , 561

as vehicles of the gods, 250 -251, 269 , 280 , 282 , 368 , 369 , 679 , 681 , 744 n. 57

See also Blood sacrifice


790

Annapurna[*] (goddess), 243 , 269 , 719 n. 64

Annual events. See Festivals and city events

Antagonism, ritual,

of city halves, 168 -174

in other communities, 170 , 173 -174

Anthropology, 4 , 24 , 27 , 31 , 377 , 616 , 689 n. 8

Antinomial act,

importance of the, 305 -306, 338 -340

sacrifice as the , 332 -335

See also Tantrism

Apadutaegu ceremony, 684 -685

Apasa(n) cwanegu worship, 414 , 416

Archaic city, the, 18 -19, 25 -26, 617

Architecture, 54 , 716 n. 30-31

bottom floor symbolism (cheli ), 188 -189, 483 , 484 , 677 , 680 -683, 771

carved arch torana , 255 , 261 , 530 , 718 -719 n. 56

household floor names, 189 -190, 310

household purity areas, 188 -192

Newar house (che(n) ), 103 , 111 -112, 186 -192, 524 , 747 n. 28, 771

open roof porch (ka:si ), 188 , 524 , 671 -672, 748 n. 30, 772

temples (dega: s), 202 -204, 205 , 213 , 218 , 712 n. 3

trellis windows, 189 , 521 , 747 n. 28

Art history, Newar, 216 , 712 n. 1

Asauca (impurity). See Pollution

Ascetic observance. See Vrata (religious austerity)

Ascetics. See Sadhu (Hindu ascetic)

Astamatrkas[*] (Eight Mothers), 158 -159, 216 , 482 , 715 n. 25, 771

as city octant protectors, 154 -155, 166 -168, 229 -231

the Nine Durgas and, 231 -232, 508 -509

See also Mandalic[*] Goddesses, the nine; Matrkas (goddesses)

Astral divinities, 207 , 265 -266, 278 , 493

Astrologers, 265 , 527 , 661 , 727 n. 12

Royal government, 527 , 531 , 727 n. 11

See also Josi thar

Astrology, 145

jata : (birth horoscope), 661 , 678 , 762 n. 3

See also Chance and luck; Graha (heavenly bodies); Sait (auspicious time spans)

Asudhalasuddha (impurity). See Purity and impurity

Asuras (antigod or demon), 216 , 534 -538, 547 , 597 , 751 n. 59, 756 n. 16, 771

See also Devi Mahatmya

Atma (soul), 283 , 771

Visnu[*] as the, 215 , 216

Autonomy, individual. See Psychological characteristics of individuals; Self, views of the

Avatars , of Visnu[*] , 215 -218, 713 n. 10

Awa: thar , 81 , 91 , 95 , 96 , 180 , 626

Axial age, India and the concept of, 22 -23

Ayurvedic physicians (Baidhya thar ), 95


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