Mesocosm

  PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

 expand sectionChapter One  Introduction

 collapse sectionPART ONE  ORIENTATIONS AND CONTEXTS
 expand sectionChapter Two  Orientations
 expand sectionChapter Three  Nepal, the Kathmandu Valley, and Some History
 expand sectionChapter Four  Bhaktapur's Other Order
 expand sectionChapter Five  The Distribution of Roles: The Macrostatus System
 expand sectionChapter Six  Inside the Thars

 collapse sectionPART TWO  THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MESOCOSM
 expand sectionChapter Seven  The Symbolic Organization of Space
 expand sectionChapter Eight  Bhaktapur's Pantheon
 expand sectionChapter Nine  Tantrism and the Worship of the Dangerous Deities
 collapse sectionChapter Ten  Priests
 Preliminaries: Priests and Kings—The Relations of the Symbolic Order and Power
 Preliminaries: Kinds of Priests and Priestly Functions
 collapse sectionBhaktapur's Brahmans
 The Rajopadhyaya Brahmans
 Lakhae Brahmans
 Bhaktapur's Non-Newar Brahmans
 expand sectionOvert Auxiliary Priests and Para-Priests
 expand sectionPurity 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
 expand sectionChapter Eleven  Purity and Impurity: On the Borders of the Sacred

 collapse sectionPART THREE  THE DANCE OF SYMBOLS
 expand sectionChapter Twelve  The Civic Ballet: Annual Time and the Festival Cycles
 expand sectionChapter Thirteen  The Events of the Lunar Year
 expand sectionChapter Fourteen  The Events of the Solar Cycle
 expand sectionChapter Fifteen  The Devi Cycle
 expand sectionChapter Sixteen  The Patterns and Meanings of the Festival Year
 expand sectionChapter Seventeen  What Is Bhaktapur that a Newar May Know It?

 expand sectionAppendix One  Transliterations Used in the Text
 expand sectionAppendix Two  Bhaktapur's Newar Hindu Thars Ranked By Macrosocial Status
  Appendix Three  Kinship Terminology
 expand sectionAppendix Four  Types of Worship and Materials Used in Worship
  Appendix Five  A Catalogue of Annual Events and Their Distribution Throughout the Lunar Year
 expand sectionAppendix Six  Rites of Passage and Death Ceremonies
 expand sectionNotes
  GLOSSARY
  REFERENCES
 expand sectionGENERAL INDEX
 expand sectionNAMES INDEX

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