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Caguthi thar , 95 , 626 , 741 n. 20, 758 n. 4
Cala(n) thar , 83 , 94 , 361 , 627 , 678 , 679 -680
Calendar,
astrological (patra ), 355
festival, 406 -407, 409 , 523 , 584 -589, 589 -591, 643 -657
Indo-Nepalese, 405 -407, 735 nn. 4-5
lunar, 403 -405, 410 -462, 585 -586, 589 -591, 643 -657, 773
numbering the festivals, 402 -403, 409 , 411 , 577 -578, 643 -657, 734 n. 3, 739 n. 2, 745 n. 6, 754 -755 n. 1
solar, 403 , 405 , 419 , 463 , 492 -493, 586 , 589 , 736 n. 11
See also Time; Names of individual festivals and events
Calvaria vessels, 515 , 566 , 639 , 651 , 653 , 754 n. 97
Cambodia, 268
See also Mahakali (goddess)
Candi[*] Bhagavati Jatra [37], 436 -437, 651
Candesvari[*] Jatra [35], 435 , 650 , 737 -738 n. 29
Candika[*] . See Parvati (goddess)
Carnival, 442 , 446 -452, 595 -596
See also Saparu Jatra [48]
Carpenters thar (Ka:mi), 81 , 91 , 95 , 758 n. 2
Carthar, Pa(n)cthar, 625
Cash income. See Economy of Bhaktapur
Caste,
Brahman status and, 372 -374, 730 n. 42
class and varna and, 73 -75
territorial entrees and, 28
Caste system. See Hinduism; Macrostatus levels; Thar groups
Castration symbolism, 569 , 573 , 754 n. 104
Categories, discreteness of, 614
Catha Ganesa[*] [56], 455 , 654
Caturmasa vrata period, 438 , 588 , 644 , 652
Caulathwa fortnight, 431 -433, 648 -649
Cells, urban. See Microcosms
Central Bureau of Statistics (Nepal), 35 , 56 , 777
Chance and luck,
dasa (fortune), 355 , 727 n. 13
views of, 17 , 390 , 596 , 732 n. 14
See also Karma (individual destiny)
Change, social, 755 n. 3
historical control of, 15 , 16 , 24 , 27 -28, 68 , 373 -374, 499 -500, 616
recent, 15 , 74 -75, 134 , 727 n. 9, 741 n. 22
See also Typology of Bhaktapur
Chaos. See Moral order
Chariots (kha:s ), ritual Newar, 468 , 487 -488, 740 n. 13, 741 nn. 15-16
Bhima ratharohan , 676 -677
Biska:, 170 -171, 464 , 468 -498 passim, 469 , 582 , 740 n. 13
See also Routes, ceremonial
Chathar thar group, 79 -80, 300 , 469 , 625 , 758 n. 1, 771
food and water acceptance by, 102 -103
households, 97 , 135 , 176 -177, 180
Chathariya, 79 -80, 349 , 440 -441, 699 n. 16, 727 n. 8, 749 n. 41, 771
Cheli (bottom floor). See Che(n) (house)
Chelpa gods. See Chetrapal (deified stone)
Chema puja. See Puja (worship)
Che(n) (house), 188 -189, 747 n. 28, 771
baiga (top floor), 190
cheli (bottom floor), 188 -189, 483 , 484 , 677 , 680 -683, 771
cwata (third floor), 189 -190, 310 , 772
mata(n) (second floor), 189 , 773
spatial symbolism of the, 103 , 111 -112, 186 -192
See also Dya che(n) (god-houses); Household, the
Chetrapal (deified stone), 237 , 261 , 264 , 369 -370, 729 n. 37, 771
Jugi rights to, 369 -370, 729 n. 37
definition of, 772
thar concept unranked by, 71 -72, 698 n. 3
See also Indo-Nepalese; Ksatriya class
Chhattisgarh region (Madhya Pradesh), 290 -291
Child marriage. See Ihi (mock marriage); Marriage
Children, 364
adoption of, 137 -138, 707 n. 28, 708 n. 35
the birth of, 116 -117, 125 -126, 660 -661, 705 n. 6
the death of, 766 n. 53
Nine Durgas activities with, 566 -570 passim
purity categories and, 730 n. 1
rites of passage for baby, 660 -661
Sarasvati and, 224
separation and divorce and, 133 -134, 707 n. 28
worship by, 412
worship of, 542 -546 passim
See also Boys, roles of; Family organization; Girls, roles off Rites of passage (samskaras )
Chinnamasta (goddess), 244
Chipi thar , 82 , 83 , 95 , 97 , 180 , 627 , 700 n. 21
Choice, free, 17 , 265 , 333 -334
See also Psychological characteristics of individuals
Chronicle (vamsavali ), 774
Gopalarajavamsavali, 41
Padmagiri, 39
See also Legends
Chronicles, foreign visitor's, 131 -132, 699 n. 11
Wright's Chronicle , 40 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 241 -242, 466 , 691 n. 15, 693 n. 28, 745 n. 2, 787
See also Hodgson, Brian Houghton (Names Index )
Chuma(n) Gandya: Jatra, 743 n. 43
lunar cycle twa : [63], 460 , 655
See also Ganesa[*] (god)
Chwasa (deified crossroads stone), 193 -194, 195 , 262 -263, 423 , 678 , 719 nn. 58-59, 772
locations of, 711 -712 n. 26, 712 n. 28
Cika(n) Buyegu [19], 431 -432, 648
Cillaga fortnight, 431 -432, 648
Cillathwa fortnight, 429 -431, 647 -648
Cipa (contaminated food) customs, 772
family, 118 -120, 434 , 661 , 675 , 705 n. 9, 762 n. 5
unidirectionalism of the, 385 , 386 -387, 390 , 394 -395
See also Hierarchy; Pollution; Purity
Cir Swaegu festival [16], 430 , 647
City of Bhaktapur. See Bhaktapur, city of
City-states, Hindu, 28
City-wide festivals. See Festivals and city events
Civic order, symbolic. See Symbolic order of the city
Clan, patrilineal exogamous, 138 -139
Class system. See Macrostatus levels: Thar groups
Classical civilization, 583
the Greek pantheon of, 273 , 282 , 584 , 720 n. 69
preclassical cities and, 20
Cleaning. See Purification
Climate, 34 -35
Climax community, Hindu, 2 , 27 -28, 59 , 619
Common sense,
embedded symbolism and, 26 -27
See also Faith
Community,
communitas and, 594 -596
egalitarian, 162
Compass orientations, 191 , 531 , 711 n. 25, 748 n. 33
See also Spatial symbolism
Conflict, household, 116 , 126 , 134
Conflict, ritual,
ambiguity of, 487 , 499 , 744 n. 50
Biska: festival, 170 -171, 464 , 468 -498 passim, 469 , 471 -473, 582 , 740 n. 13
elements ignored in, 608
intra-city, 170 -171, 461 , 473 , 741 nn. 21-22
the macrostatus system and, 581 , 583 , 608 -609
See also Symbolic enactments
Consanguineal kin. See Kinship
Construction, house, 191 -192
Contaminants. See Polluting materials
Contamination. See Pollution; Purity and impurity
Context, meaning from, 614
Cooking activities, sacred, 110 , 190 , 395 , 712 n. 31
See also Foods, ritual; Household, the
Cord wearers. See Jona (sacred thread)
Corporate groups, 311 -312, 386 -387
secrecy and siddhi of, 336 -337
See also Phuki groups
Corpse (preta ), 270
See also Preta (ghost)
Cosmetics. See Pigments, ritual
Costume, 667
death clothing, 366 , 369 -370, 678 , 680 , 682
Saparu Jatra [48], 446 -450
See also Festivals and city events, divine actors in; Mask making
Councils,
See also Panchayat system; Phuki groups
Court, royal. See Malla court
Cow freedom ceremony (Vrsotsarga ), 684
Cow Goddess,
jatra, 444 -446
See also Saparu Jatra [48]
Cremation. See Death rituals
Cremation grounds (dip ), 56 , 161 -162, 258 , 264 , 460
Crops. See Agriculture
Crossroads (dwaka ),
chwasa at, 193 -194, 195 , 262 -263, 423 , 678 , 711 -712 n. 26, 712 n. 28, 719 nn. 58-59, 772
symbolism of the, 192 -194, 361
trickster spirits at, 194 , 271 , 712 n. 29
See also Spatial symbolism
Crow Puja. See Kwa Puja [77]
Cupi(n)ga: dipa , 264
Cwata (third floor). See Che(n) (house)
Cyamakhala: thar , 85 , 385 , 627
Cyasi Ma(n)dap temple, 482
Cycles, time. See Calendar; Time