K

Kali (goddess). See Goddess, the Dangerous; Mahakali (goddess)

Kami thar , wood carvers, 81 , 95

Ka:mi thar , 91 , 758 n. 2

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

Kachalathwa fortnight, 404 , 412 , 415 -420, 643 -644

Kaeta (loincloth), 772

Kaeta Puja (initiation), 309 , 315 , 662 -665, 669 , 733 n. 26, 762 n. 9

Kalaratri (Black Night) [74]. Mohani, 533 -538, 561

Kalasa (ritual flask), 528 , 534 , 551 , 672 , 772

Kalu thar , 95

Kanya dana (gift of a virgin daughter), 666 , 668 , 674 , 764 n. 21

Karimpur village (Uttar Pradesh), 289

Karma (individual destiny), 727 n. 14, 733 n. 24, 747 n. 23, 772

See also Chance and luck

Karmacarya. See Acaju (priests)

Kata: thar , 83 , 94 , 361 , 627

Kathmandu, city of, 35 , 68 , 157 , 169 , 194 , 350 , 430 , 625 , 728 n. 27

Dasai(n) in, 533

Indra Jatra in, 457 -458, 654 , 740 n. 5

political history of, 13 -15

ritual antagonism in, 173 -174

Kathmandu Valley, the, 122 -123, 195 , 197 , 225 , 666

as center of Newar life, 34 -35, 617

demographics of, 56 -58

Ganesa^[*] shrines in, 222 , 714 n. 15

Pasupatinatha shrine complex, 214 , 231 , 243 , 255 , 260 , 267 , 421 , 429 -430

political history of, 13 -15, 616 -618, 690 n. 7

shrines in the, 418

villages and towns in, 690 n. 6

See also Pilgrimage centers

Kau thar , 83 , 95 , 627

Kaulaga fortnight, 462 , 644 , 656 -657

Kaulathwa fortnight, 462 , 523 -555, 655 -656

Kaumari (goddess). See Devi Mahatmya ; Kumari (goddess)

Kawa(n) spirit, 271

Kha groups, 106 -107, 704 n. 54, 55

Khae(n) people, 75

See also Indo-Nepalese

Kha(n) Me: (Mohani buffalo), 546 -549, 562

Khasi. See Goats, sacrificial

Khica Puja [78], 412 -413, 657

Khimla , 403 , 735 n. 6

Khusa thar , 94 , 95 , 627

Khya spirits, 271 , 720 n. 67

Kiga :, 302 -303, 641 , 642 , 762 n. 7, 772

temple worship offering of, 635 , 636

Kija Puja [2], 113 , 415 -417, 643 , 705 n. 5, 736 n. 9

See also Siblings

Killing, attitudes toward. See Blood sacrifice

King,

Brahman relationship to the, 341 -344, 601 , 602 -603, 618

Karnataka dynasty, 692 n. 22

Saha kingship, 51 , 533 , 546 , 694 n. 32, 774

and sword of the Biska: festival, 469 -492 passim, 556 -557

Taleju Brahman as Mohani period Malla, 530 -555 passim, 557

See also Names of individual kings

Kingdoms,

little Hindu, 28

Newar and Bhaktapur, 13 -15, 57 , 59 -60, 617

See also History, political

Kini/Kikini spirit, 271

Kinship, 121 -122

categories and terminology of, 142 -144, 631 -634, 758 -761 nn. 1-38

fictive (twae ), 142 , 669 , 709 nn. 45-46, 774

kul , 128 , 138 -139, 141 , 708 n. 36

the paju , 113 , 125 -126, 138 , 631 , 662 , 664 -665, 674 , 705 nn. 14-15, 773

See also Phuki groups; Thar groups; Appendix Three

Kite-flying, 524 , 748 n. 30

Knowledge, loss of cultural, 337 -338

See also Occupations

Kriya putra mourner activities, 679 -683

Krsna^[*] (god), 205 , 713 n. 6

as avatar of Visnu^[*] , 215 -216

minor festivals of, 429 -431, 452 , 647 -648

Krsna Janmastami [49], 452 , 654

Ksatriya^[*] class, 79 , 340 , 342 , 349 , 602 -603, 704 n. 55, 725 n. 39, 729 n. 29, 737 n. 23, 772

See also Chetri

Kul. See Kinship, kul

Kulachimi/Ku Laksmi (goddess), 243 , 717 n. 45

Kulu thar , 84 , 627

Kumara (god), 220

Kumari (goddess), 155 , 166 -167, 230 , 241 , 715 n. 24, 748 n. 33, 758 -759 n. 12

Bare girls as, 95 , 363 , 540 -546, 607

Ekanta, 542 -546, 550 , 752 n. 77

Gana^[*] , 540 -542

Mohani period worship of, 539 -546, 550 , 561 , 751 nn. 69-74, 752 nn. 75-83

the Nine Durgas and, 509 -510, 568 -570 passim, 575 -576

Sero Bhairava and, 570 , 575 -576

Kumha: thar , 81 , 90 , 95 , 97 , 216 , 372 , 475 , 476 , 626 , 667

Kusa: thar , 83

Kwa Puja [77], 412 -413, 656

Kwane. See India

Kwaphaegu , 470