T
Ta:marhi Square, 170 , 203 , 213 , 257
Biska: events in, 468 , 471 -491 passim, 582
Tacabhari thar , 95
Tachalaga fortnight, 513
Tachalathwa fortnight, 436 -437, 511 , 650 -651
Tahiti, communities in, 1 -4 passim, 688 n. 1
psychological structure in, 25 , 28 -32
Taking Out the Gods [22]. Biska:, 483 , 649
Taleju (goddess), 176 , 250 , 512 , 692 n. 21, 711 n. 13
as Bhaktapur's tutelary deity, 319
and Devi in the Mohani festival, 525 -558 passim, 560 -562, 656
Taleju (goddess)(continued )
external Tantric functions of, 240 -241
Harisimhadeva[*] and, 234 -238, 553 , 722 n. 17
history and worship of, 238 -240, 414 , 736 n. 6
images of, 531 -533, 537 -538, 749 n. 43
Paya(n) Nhyakegu jatra of, 552 -555, 753 n. 89, 91
taking up of, 552
See also Dumaju (goddess)
Taleju priests, 7 , 239 -240, 349
Taleju temple, 55 , 234 , 239 -240, 243 , 475
areas of the, 532 , 535 -538, 545 -546, 550 , 552 -553, 749 -750 n. 44
Mohani activities at the, 234 , 239 -240, 243 , 475 , 525 , 530 -555 passim, 557 , 558 , 749 nn. 40-41, 43, 749 -750 n. 44
thars serving the, 95
Tama: thar (Tamrakar), 81 , 95 , 97 , 626
Tantric Buddhism. See Buddhism of the Himalayas, Tantric
Tantric goddesses,
ca:re worship of, 431
number of shrines of, 205
See also Dangerous deities (gya(n)pugu ); Names of indwidual goddesses
Tantric theory, 225 -226, 284 , 285 , 318
Taleju and, 240 -241
Tantrism,
civic order and the transformation of, 296 -298
family and phuki , 300 -312
individual practice of, 294 , 312 -319
initiation levels of, 314 -317
introduction to, 293 -294, 296
Kaula, 304 , 721 n. 8, 721 -722 n. 9
lineage gods worship in, 306 -312
in popular fantasy, 298 -299
the public city and, 319 -335 passim
puja base of, 300 -305, 638 -640 passim
puja options within, 307 -312
Rajopadhyaya as priests of, 300 -319 passim, 345 , 557 , 734 n. 30
as a religious mode, 294 -298
sacrifice and, 323 -335, 515 -516
summary of, 338 -340
upper-status, 299 -319
See also Antinomial act
Temples (dega:s ), 201 -205, 712 n. 3
natapwa(n)la, 203 , 241 -242, 257 -258, 488 , 582 , 744 n. 53
priests (Pujari ) of shrines and, 205 , 351 , 371 -372, 729 n. 31, 773
Surya Vinayaka, 729 n. 31
Tenancy. See Land use and tenure
Tha: che(n) (natal home), 125 -126, 666
wife returns to, 117 , 121 -122, 125 -126, 133 -134, 141 , 415 -417, 423 , 431 , 453 , 669 , 670 , 681 , 705 n. 6
Tha:thiti (feminal kin), 138 , 140 -141, 666 -667, 707 -708 nn. 43-44, 708 n. 37
Tha puja. See Puja (worship), tha
Tha taegu (elevation worship), 239 -240
Thar groups,
Buddhist, 77 , 85 -87, 95 , 105 -106, 362 -363, 435 -436, 701 n. 31, 704 n. 51
city confines and the, 162 -165
conflict between, 473
hereditary ritual functions of, 93 -96, 98 , 240 , 471 , 494 -495
hierarchy of, 17 , 77 -78, 625 -629
as jati clusters, 74 , 698 n. 6
lists of, 77 -85, 94 -95, 97 , 625 -629
macrostatus demography, 96 -99
macrostatus public sphere organization of, 69 -71
as Malla court participants, 530 -531
maps locating, 165 , 172 , 177 -179, 181
moral and power groupins of the, 343 -344
number of, 17 , 71 , 73 , 95 -96, 96 -99
occupational role relationships of the, 67 , 83 , 89 -96, 139 , 144 -145, 696 -697 n. 15
origins of, 72 , 625 , 698 n. 4
overviews of, 71 -73, 107 -108, 625 -629
phuki and, 141 -142
protective functions of the lowest, 363 -371, 385 -386, 395 , 711 n.23
secrecy of, 335 -338
settlement patterns of the, 176 -182
specialized vs . non-specialized, 98 , 343 -344, 756 n. 18
status ranking by, 77 -85, 132 , 625 -627, 728 n. 27, 758 nn. 6-7
as Tantric initiates, 299 -319
See also Occupations
Thar names, 697 -698 n. 1
alphabetical listing of, 627 -629
by status levels, 625 -627
changing, 71
Newar vs . Chetri, usage of, 72
as surnames, 71
See also Appendix Two
Thimi, town of, 59 , 64 , 66 , 487
Thi(n)lathwa fortnight, 422 -423, 644 -645
Third eye. See Siva (god)
Thread, sacred. See Jona (sacred thread)
Threshhold god (Bhairava), 192 , 261 -262
See also Pikha lakhu (deified house boundary stone)
Tibet, trade with, 14 , 692 n. 20
Tibetans, 106 -107, 704 n. 52, 758 n. 2
See also Sae(n)
Tij festival, 426 , 454 -455, 739 n. 49
Tika sait ceremony, 550 -551
Time,
annual cycle of, 17 , 584 -589, 589 -591
astrological, 17 , 355 , 735 n. 8
auspicious (sait ), 354 , 527 , 531 , 550 , 552 , 661 , 668 , 671 , 762 n. 6, 774
life cycle event, 17 , 401 , 664
summer solstice, 406
winter solstice, 423 , 463 , 589 , 646
See also Calendar; Rites of passage (samskara s); Worship
Tint thar , 80 -81, 94 , 97 , 300 , 357 -359, 626 , 684 , 727 nn. 17-18, 769 nn. 88-89
Tirthut, history of, 692 n. 22
Tirtha (sacred area of water), 434 , 453 , 484 , 525 , 527 , 641 , 678 , 680 , 709 n. 3, 719 n. 63, 774
See also River
Tools,
agricultural, 62 , 64 , 695 -696 n. 9
worship of, 539 , 561 , 751 n. 68
Torana. See Architecture
Totagadde village, 288 -289, 720 n. 74
Touching, restrictions on. See Pollution; Purity
Tourists, occupations serving, 66 , 88
Town (Nagar) Panchayat. See Panchayat system
Tradition and secrecy, 337 -338
Transliteration. See Newari language, the; Appendix One
Tribhuvan (Saha king), 51 , 694 n. 32
Tripura palace compound, 180
Tripurasundari (goddess), 250 , 251 , 287 , 508
as city center protector, 154 -155, 167 -168, 229 -230
pitha (shrine) of, 155 , 180 , 193 , 237 , 525 , 538 -539, 748 n. 33, 751 n. 64
Tuladhar that , 758 n. 2
Tulasi Piye Day [43], 438 -439, 652 , 767 n. 56
Tutelary god, personal,
See also Tantric goddesses
Ganesa[*] shrines in the, 220 -222
jatra activities of, 435 , 436 -437, 445 , 460 , 483 -484
map of the named, 184
mixed macrostatus levels in, 162
as villages in the city, 55 -56, 182 -186
See also Crossroads (dwaka )
Twae. See Friend; Siblings
Twa(n) spirits, 271
Typology of Bhaktapur,
as an ancient Indo-European city, 19 -23, 56
as an archaic city, 18 -19, 617
as a ballet, 16 -18, 28 , 401 -403
civic function of symbolism and the, 19 , 25 -26, 615 -616
as a Hindu climax community, 27 -28, 68 , 373 -374, 615 -616
individual psychological structure and the, 28 -32, 145 , 333 -335, 392 -397, 591 -598
as intermediate between sociocultural dichotomies, 23 -25
See also Bhaktapur, city of