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Iconoclasm, Islamic, 618 -619

Iconography, 275 , 276 , 720 n. 73

of the Nine Durgas, 507 -511

and relationships among deities, 286 -287

See also Deity images

Idolatry, 274 -275, 720 n. 71, 757 n. 5

Ihi (mock marriage), 127 , 142 , 220 , 309 , 426 , 435 , 707 n. 25, 709 n. 45, 715 n. 23, 772

ceremonies, 666 -670

implications of the, 665 -666, 669

Parvati and, 660 , 666 , 669

preliminary activities before the, 667 -668

sponsorship of the, 666

Tini roles in the, 358

Visnu[*] the divine spouse of, 665 -666, 764 n. 23

widowhood and, 122 , 736 n. 16

See also Marriage; Rites of passage (samskaras)

Ijjat (face), 185 , 336 , 772

Illusion (maya ), 313 , 339 , 605 , 773

Images, sacred. See Deity images; Iconography

In-kind exchanges. See Economy of Bhaktapur

In-kind income. See Economy of Bhaktapur

In-laws. See Family organization; Kinship; Marriage

Inara Dya: (Inara God), 222 , 714 n. 15

Income. See Economy of Bhaktapur

India, 704 n. 55

impact of Buddhism m, 23 , 688 -689 n. 7

Kwane term for, 169

North, 625 , 630 , 631 -634, 758 -759 nn. 1-3

Individualism. See Psychological charac-


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teristics of individuals; Self, views of the

Indo-Nepalese, 75 -76, 639

annual festival cycle, 406 -407, 585 , 588 -589

households, 97 , 121 -122

status ranking of and by the, 105 -107, 136 -137, 708 n. 36

the thar concept and the, 71 -72, 722 n. 11

women' status among the, 120 -125

See also Chetri

Indra (god), story of, 458

Indra Jatra period [59-65], 452 , 654 -655, 740 n. 5

Newar variations of, 456 -462, 740 n. 9

Indrani[*] (goddess), 155 , 166 -167, 230 , 237 , 716 n. 35, 743 n. 44, 748 n. 33

Indrani[*] Jatra, 743 n. 43

Biska: [25], 484 , 649

lunar cycle [61], 458 -459, 655

Initiations. See Rites of passage (samskaras )

Insults, public, 516 -517, 521

Intelligentsia, 18 -19, 688 n. 5

See also Literati

Interviews, Bhaktapur study, 6 -7, 687 n. 2, 725 n. 43

Irrigation, agricultural, 14 , 35

Islam,

contrast and conflict with Hinduism, 618 -620

See also Judeo-Christian-Islamic religions; Muslims

Isogamy. See Hypergamy

Istadevata. See . See Tutelary god


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