| 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 |
| 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 |
| • | Introduction |
| • | Swanti and the Lunar New Year [77, 78, 79, 1, 2] |
| Miscellaneous Events [3-7] |
| • | Sukhu(n) Bhisi(n)dya: Jatra [8] |
| • | Ya: Marhi Punhi [9] |
| • | Miscellaneous Events [10-11] |
| • | The Month of the Swasthani Vrata |
| • | Sarasvati Festivals [12, 13] |
| • | Madya: Jatra [14] End of Swasthani Vrata |
| • | Sila Ca:re (Sivaratri) [15] |
| • | The Minor Festivals of Krsna (Holi) [16, 17] |
| • | The Approach of the Season of Anxiety [18, 19] |
| • | Biska:, The Solar New Year [20-29] |
| • | The Dewali Period, the Worship of the Digu Lineage Deities [30] |
| • | The Minor Dasai(n) of Rama [31, 32] |
| • | Honoring Mothers [33] |
| • | Aksaya Trtiya [34] |
| • | Candesvari Jatra [35] |
| • | Buddha Jaya(n)ti and a Note on "Buddhist" Festivals in Bhaktapur |
| • | Sithi Nakha [36] |
| • | Candi Bhagavati Jatra [37] |
| • | Dasa Hara [38] |
| • | Panauti Jatra [39] |
| • | Bhagasti [40], the Death of the nine Durgas (Devi Cycle) |
| • | Minor Festivals of Visnu [41-43] and the Beginning of the Caturmasa Vrata |
| • | Guru Puja [44] |
| • | Gatha Muga: Ca:re [45] (Devi Cycle) |
| • | Naga Pa(n)cami [46] |
| • | Gunhi Punhi [47], Beginning of the Densest Festival Season |
| • | Saparu [48], the Cow Festivalof the Dead of the Previous Year, and the Annual Carnival |
| • | Miscellaneous Events: Krsna Janmastami [49] and Sitala Puja [50] |
| • | Gokarna Au(n)si [51], Honoring Fathers |
| • | Miscellaneous Minor Events [52-58]: a Note on Tij, a Festival Which the Newars do not Have |
| • | Events During the Period of Indra Jatra [59-65]: the Transformation of Festival Themes and Events in Different Newar Cities and Towns |
| • | The Remainder of the Yearly Calendrical Cycle [66-79] |
| 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 |
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