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
 expand sectionChapter Ten  Priests
 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
 collapse sectionAppendix Six  Rites of Passage and Death Ceremonies
 •1. Writing a mantra on the tongue: Jihvasodhana.
 •2. Application of lamp black to the child's eyes by the father's sister.
 •3. Name giving: Namakarana.
 •4. The rice feeding ceremony: Ja(n)ko.
 •5. Boy's hair shaving: Busakha.
 •6. Boy's full membership in their thar: Kaeta Puja.
 •7. Mock-marriage: Ihi.
 •8. Menarche ceremonies: Barha taegu and Barha cwa(n)gu.
 •9. Marriage: Byaha.
 •10. Tantric initiation: Dekha.
 •11. Old-age ceremonies: Buraburi ja(n)ko.
 •12. Dying and cremation.
 •Dying.
 •Preparation of the body.
 •The funeral procession.
 •The cremation.
 •The return to the house.
 •The activities of the mourning period.
 •Death related activities following the dasa kriya mourning period.
 expand sectionNotes
  GLOSSARY
  REFERENCES
 expand sectionGENERAL INDEX
 expand sectionNAMES INDEX
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