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Obscenity, conventionalized, 439 , 516 -517, 521 , 556 , 573 , 651 , 653 , 747 n. 27

Occupations, 377 , 662 , 727 n. 9

agricultural, 62 -66

city settlements by, 180 -182

crafts and trades, 214 , 315 , 336 , 359 , 539 , 751 n. 68, 763 -764 n. 18

non-agricultural, 66 -68

nonstigmatizing, 95 , 728 n. 23

ritual or cermonial function, 95 , 98 , 359 , 530 -531, 749 n. 41

stigmatized thar , 94 -96, 98 , 389 -390, 395 , 728 n. 23

stigmatizing non-ritual, 95 , 98

stigmatizing ritual-symbolic, 94 -95, 98

thar -ascribed types of, 74 , 83 , 89 -96, 315 , 696 -697 n. 15, 749 n. 41

Offerings, worship, 302 , 635 -642 passim, 765 n. 30

mata beigu , 529 -548 passim, 749 nn. 37-40

to the dangerous gods, 220 , 226 -227, 642

See also Puja (worship); Worship materials

Oil-rubbing day. See Cika(n) Buyegu [19]

Oleander Goddess. See Mahalaksmi^[*] (goddess)

Omens, 542 , 545 -546

Order, moral. See Moral order

Order, urban. See Festivals and city events; Symbolic order of the city

Organizations,

non-religious, 60 , 144 -145

See also Guthi^[*] association

Outside. See Boundaries, symbolic city

Outsiders. See Non-Newar groups; Po(n) thar