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Vagina (yoni ), 322 , 743 n. 36
See also Body, the physical
Vaisnavi[*] (goddess), 155 , 166 , 230 , 467 , 508 , 740 n. 12, 748 n. 33
See also Bhadrakali[*] (goddess)
Vaisya[*] class, 79 , 699 n. 17
Vaitarani river, 442 , 738 n. 38
Vajracarya (Buddhist priests). See Priests
Vajrayana Buddhism, 27 , 85 -87, 689 n. 9, 774
See also Buddhism of the Himalayas
Vamsavali , 774
Varahi (goddess), 155 , 166 -167, 216 , 230 , 531 , 713 n. 7
Varahi Jatra, 508 , 743 n. 43, 748 n. 33
lunar cycle [53], 453 -454, 654
Vedic religion, 265 -266, 266 -267, 679 , 684
varna hierarchy, 75 , 698 -699 n. 9
See also Hinduism
Vehicles. See Chariots (kha:s ), ritual Newar
Vetala (god), 257
Vihara (Buddhist religious center), 205 , 774
Villages, urban. See Twa : areas
Visarjan ceremony, 550
Visnu-Narayana[*] (god), 215 -219
avatars of, 215 -218, 433 , 452 , 463 , 713 n. 10
the cosmic sleep of, 406 , 438 , 514 , 585 , 587 -588, 652
events dedicated to, 418 , 418 -419, 438 -439, 458 , 463 , 580 -581, 637 , 638
Hari Bodhini [4], 418 -419, 438 , 585 , 644 , 652
Hari Sayani [42], 406 , 438 , 585 , 587 , 644 , 652
Ihi mock-marriage to, 665 -666, 764 n. 23
Laksmi as consort of, 215
number of shrines of, 205 , 218 , 418
temples of, 42 .7
Visvakarma. See Siva (god), of crafts and trades
Vocabularies. See Language
Vrata (religious austerity), 402 , 407 , 422 , 637 , 774
during Mohani, 529 -549 passim, 753 n. 85
individuality of, 423 -424, 756 n. 17
mata beigu , 529 -548 passim, 749 nn. 37-39
See also Puja (worship)