G
Gai Jatra. See Saparu Jatra [48]
Ga:. See Ghat[*] (river steps)
Ga:hiti Square, 427 -428, 470 , 473 -474, 486 -487, 554
Gambling, during Swanti, 413 -414, 417
Gandya:. See Ganesa[*] (god)
Ganesa[*] , Catha Ganesa[*] [56], 455 , 654
Ganesa[*] (god), 219 -222, 252 , 453 , 483 , 566 , 570 , 636 , 637 , 713 -714 nn. 12-16
number of shrines of, 205 , 221 , 219 -222, 713 -714 nn. 12-16
Rat Ganesa[*] legends of, 489 -490, 744 n. 57
twa: shrines to local (sthan ), 185 , 220 -222, 662 , 667 , 674
See also Chuma(n) Gandya: Jatra
Ga(n)ga jal (Ganges water), 640 -641, 684
Gateways, city. See Bhaktapur, city of
Gatha Muga: Ca:re [45]. See Devi cycle
Gatha thar , 83 , 95 , 627 , 674 , 772
as Nine Durgas performers, 505 -514 passim, 546 -548, 553 -572 passim, 746 n. 13
Gau dan memorial ritual, 445 -446
Gemeinschaft vs. Gesellschaft , 23 -24
Gender, divine. See Deities, gender differentiation among
Gender relationships, 57 , 631 -634, 694 n. 3
assymmetries of, 120
independence of Bhaktapur's women within, 112 -113, 120 -125, 131 -132, 291 -292, 455 , 669
Geneaological referents. See Kinship
Generational roles. See Age; Kinship
Geography of Bhaktapur, 52 -56, 58 -60
See also Bhaktapur, city of; Names of individual areas and places
Gha:su jagye ceremony, 684 , 769 n. 87
See also Purification
Ghantakarna. See Devi cycle, Gatha Muga: Ca:re [45]
Ghat[*] (river steps), 56 , 161 -162, 427 , 437 , 484 , 677 , 767 n. 54
See also Death rituals
Ghe(n)ta(n) Ghesi(n), 446 , 738 n. 32
See also Carnival
Ghosts and spirits, 207 , 269 -272, 278
twa(n) , 271
See also Deities
Ghya: Caku Sa(n)lhu [10], 423 , 463 -464, 492 , 589 , 646
Gifts,
cash, 130
husband-wife, 115 , 126 , 705 n. 16
marriage, 129 -131
See also Offerings, worship
Girastha , 79
Giri. See Matha[*] priests
Girls, as dangerous to men, 671 , 765 n. 38
Girls, roles of, 113 , 128 , 665 -669
Kumari Bare, 95 , 363 , 540 -546, 607
See also Ihi (mock marriage); Siblings
Given names. See Names
Goats, sacrificial, 324 , 532 -533, 535 -537
castrated male (khasi ), 220 , 326 -328, 539 , 751 n. 65
God-houses. See Dya che(n) (god-houses)
Goddess, the Dangerous,
appearance and transformations of, 227 -228, 244 -247, 249 -252
as Chandika or Kali, 247 -250, 290
as Devi/Mahamayha, 247
Laksmi contrasted to, 423
See also Dangerous deities (gya(n)pugu ); Mohani festival [67-76]
Gods. See Deities; Pantheon, the Bhaktapur
Gokarna Au(n)si [51], 444 , 453 , 654
Golden Gate (Taleju temple), 237
Go(n)ga thar , 95
Goods and services. See Economy of Bhaktapur; Occupations,
Gopalarajavamsavali Chronicle, 41
Gopinatha Jatra [6], 420 , 644
Gorkhali language. See Languages of Nepal
Gorkha people, 14 -15, 68 , 704 n. 55
Gotra , 356 , 708 n. 36, 768 n. 71
Government of Nepal, 60 -62, 68 , 533 , 620 , 709 n. 48, 750 n. 46
Guthi[*] Samsthan of the, 441 -442, 459 , 468 , 492 , 740 n. 14, 750 n. 55
See also Nepal
Graha (heavenly bodies), 265 -266, 354 -355, 715 n. 25, 724 n. 30
See also Astrology; Deity groups, astral divinities
Grama locality units, 182 -183, 711 nn. 17, 20
See also Twa : areas
Greece. See Classical civilization
Groom. See Marriage
Guhyesvari (goddess), 231 , 243 , 260 , 267 , 715 -716 n. 26
Gunhi Punhi, [47], 440 -442, 653 , 738 n. 34
Gu(n)laga fortnight, 442 -453, 653 -654
Gu(n)lathwa fortnight, 439 -441, 653
Tantric initiation and the, 314 -317
Guru-Purohita priests, 351 , 469 , 475 -493 passim, 532 , 556 -557, 749 n. 42
Guthi[*] association, 141 , 144 -145, 468 , 483 , 709 nn. 47-50, 772
Guthi[*] Samsthan, the, 709 n. 48, 751 n. 61
festival support by, 441 -442, 459 , 468 , 492 , 740 n. 14, 750 n. 55
Gya(n)pugu. See Dangerous deities (gya(n)pugu ); Deities