R
Rainfall, 35
Rajopadhyaya, Somara, and the Nine Durgas, 503 -505, 752 n. 78
Rajopadhyaya thar (Brahmans), 76 , 78 -80, 94 , 699 n. 12, 708 n. 36, 774
Agnihotra Brahman of the, 236 -237, 266
Biska: festival kingship of, 469 -492 passim, 556 -557
contradictory roles of the, 372 -374
Gunhi Punhi and, 440 -442
households of, 55 , 172 , 174 , 176
legendary origins of, 347 , 349
as Malla kings' priests, 239 -240, 267 , 372 , 469 , 532 , 557 , 749 n. 42
marriage customs, 127 , 706 nn. 20-22
overt auxiliary priests and, 346 , 353 -356, 728 n. 26
practices of, 350 -352
public and private functions of, 351 -352, 637 , 638 -639
surrogates for, 361
as Tantric priests, 300 -319 passim, 345 , 557 , 734 n. 30
Vedic gods of the, 266 -267
See also Brahmans; Priests
Rama (god), 750 n. 48
minor festivals of, 432 -433, 649
number of shrines of, 205
Sita (goddess) and, 205 , 216 -217
Rat Ganesa[*] . See Chuma(n) Gandya: Jatra
Ratharohan ceremonies, 676 -677
Rddhi[*] . See Ganesa[*] (god)
Rdha (goddess), 224
See also Laksmi (goddess)
Reality, psychological. See Psychological characteristics of individuals; Self, views of the
Reincarnation, 215 , 223 , 318 , 332 , 361 , 367
See also Heaven
Relatives. See Kinship; Phuki groups; Thar groups
Religious rituals. See Festivals and city events; Rites of passage (samskara s)
Religious spheres,
secular and, 601 -609
See also Deity groups; Pantheon, the Bhaktapur; Worship
Renouncers, Indian, 79 , 88 , 294 -295, 299 , 338 , 370 -371, 699 n. 15
See also Sadhu (Hindu ascetic)
Reputation See Ijjat (face)
Rice,
acceptance hierarchy, 100 -101, 384
agricultural cycle of, 407 , 512 , 517 , 519 , 555 , 590 -591, 653 , 746 n. 18
baby feeding ceremony (ja(n)ko ), 611 , 661 -662
harvest festival, 422 -423, 555 , 656 , 750 n. 49
importance of, 62 , 64 -66, 695 n. 7
mataki , 641 -642
Pinda , 681 -685 passim
Sija Nakegu , 513
use m death ceremonies, 513 , 681 -685 passim
use in pujas , 641 -642
See also Devi cycle; Worship materials
Rites of passage (samskaras ), 17 , 197 , 199 , 265 , 401 , 475 , 481 , 611 , 756 n. 19, 774
after birth, 388 -389, 611 , 660 -661
boy's hair shaving, 662 -664
boy's Kaeta Puja (initiation), 309 , 315 , 662 -665, 669 , 733 n. 26, 762 n. 9
Brahmanical initiation (Bura(n) taegu ), 664 -665
Buraburi ja(n)ko (old-age), 676 -677
death, 388 -389
deities for the, 659 -660
Diksa initiation, 239 , 304 , 314 -315, 661 , 665 , 676 , 772
Fustel on, 20
gender differentiated, 662 -673
Ho(n)kegu ceremony, 674
household ceremonies for, 189 -190
Ja(n)ko ceremonies, 611 , 661 -662, 676 -677
Jthvasodhana postnatal ceremony, 660
Kanya dana , 666 , 668 , 674 , 764 n. 21
menarche (Barha taegulcwa(n)gu ), 670 -673
Newar-specific, 659 -660, 676 -677
parallel or thar differentiated, 660 , 663 -665
phuki participants in the, 140 , 593 -594, 679 , 731 n. 10
progressive networks of the, 658 -660
progressive purification of the, 382 , 659 , 731 n. 10
sait times for, 354 , 661 , 668 , 671 , 762 n. 6, 774
Sa(n) pyakegu (hair-parting ceremony), 672 -673
Swama lhuyegu , 683 -684
Swayambar ceremony, 674 , 766 n. 40
See also Death; Ihi (mock marriage); Purification; Symbolic enactments; Appendix Six
Ritual functions,
thar level and occupational, 89 -96
thar level and polluting, 82 -85, 139 -140, 731 nn. 6, 8
See also Names of specific thar groups
Rituals, death. See Death rituals
River, 746 nn. 14-15
Gokarna, 453
Hanumante, 55 , 56 , 152 -153, 169 , 171 , 184 , 348 , 484 , 514
Kasan, 56
symbolism, 153 , 680 , 681 , 683 , 767 n. 54
Vaitarani river, 442 , 738 n. 38
See also Ghat[*] (river steps); Tirtha (sacred area of water)
Rome. See Classical civilization
Rooms, household. See Che(n) (house)
Roto. See Tahiti, communities in
Routes, ceremonial, 521 , 548 , 679 , 753 n. 91
Bhairava chariot contest, 171
funeral procession, 162 , 361 , 678 -679, 767 n. 59
main Pradaksinapatha[*] , 163 , 198 -199, 221 , 420 , 421 -422, 442 , 489 , 496 , 525 , 594 , 710 n. 10, 773
marriage procession, 674
See also Chariots (kha: s), ritual Newar; Jatra (religious procession)
Royal center of Bhaktapur, 55 , 180 , 193 , 234 , 243 , 772
pilgrimage gods of the, 267 -268, 421
Taleju temple as, 530 -531