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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
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
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
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
Aniconic shrines. See Shrines; Stone gods
Animals,
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
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
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