| 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 |
| • | Introduction |
| • | The City As An Icon of A God |
| • | A Note on Hill and River |
| • | The Idealization of Space: Bhaktapur As A Yantra |
| The City Boundaries and the Bordering Outside |
| • | Bhaktapur As A Mandala : The Nine Mandalic Section |
| • | City Halves: Ritually Organized Antagonism |
| • | Status and Space: Concentric Circles |
| • | The Village in the City, The Twa: |
| • | Some Notes on the Symbolic Construction of the House |
| • | Collapsed Structure Inside the City: Crossroads |
| • | The Undercity |
| • | Symbolized Space Beyond the City |
| • | Integration of Spaces |
| 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 |
| 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 |