Mesocosm |
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
Chapter One Introduction |
PART ONE ORIENTATIONS AND CONTEXTS |
Chapter Two Orientations |
Chapter Three Nepal, the Kathmandu Valley, and Some History |
Chapter Four Bhaktapur's Other Order |
Chapter Five The Distribution of Roles: The Macrostatus System |
Chapter Six Inside the Thars |
PART TWO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MESOCOSM |
Chapter Seven The Symbolic Organization of Space |
Chapter Eight Bhaktapur's Pantheon |
Chapter Nine Tantrism and the Worship of the Dangerous Deities |
Chapter Ten Priests |
• | Preliminaries: Priests and Kings—The Relations of the Symbolic Order and Power |
• | Preliminaries: Kinds of Priests and Priestly Functions |
Bhaktapur's Brahmans |
• | The Rajopadhyaya Brahmans |
• | Lakhae Brahmans |
• | Bhaktapur's Non-Newar Brahmans |
Overt Auxiliary Priests and Para-Priests |
Purity Technicians With Limited Functions |
• | Hindu Use of Buddhist Priests |
• | Covert Para-Priests: The Pollution-Accumulating Thars—Po(n) and Jugi |
• | Temple and Shrine Priests |
• | Some Remarks on the Status Of The Rajopadhyaya Brahman In Bhaktapur |
Chapter Eleven Purity and Impurity: On the Borders of the Sacred |
PART THREE THE DANCE OF SYMBOLS |
Chapter Twelve The Civic Ballet: Annual Time and the Festival Cycles |
Chapter Thirteen The Events of the Lunar Year |
Chapter Fourteen The Events of the Solar Cycle |
Chapter Fifteen The Devi Cycle |
Chapter Sixteen The Patterns and Meanings of the Festival Year |
Chapter Seventeen What Is Bhaktapur that a Newar May Know It? |
Appendix One Transliterations Used in the Text |
Appendix Two Bhaktapur's Newar Hindu Thars Ranked By Macrosocial Status |
Appendix Three Kinship Terminology |
Appendix Four Types of Worship and Materials Used in Worship |
Appendix Five A Catalogue of Annual Events and Their Distribution Throughout the Lunar Year |
Appendix Six Rites of Passage and Death Ceremonies |
Notes |
GLOSSARY |
REFERENCES |
GENERAL INDEX |
NAMES INDEX |