| 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 |
| • | Introduction |
| • | Approaches |
| Divinities: Housing and Setting |
| • | Gods With Temples and Shrines—Some Numbers |
| Sorting Supernaturals—Some Preliminary Remarks |
| Major Gods: The "Ordinary" Deities |
| Siva |
| • | Visnu-Narayana And His Avatars |
| • | Ganesa |
| • | A Note on Yama |
| • | The Ordinary Female Divinities: Laksmi, Sarasvati, And Parvati |
| • | The Transition to the Dangerous Divinities |
| Major Gods: The "Dangerous" Deities |
| Natural Stones As Divinities |
| • | Astral Deities |
| • | The Brahmans' Vedic Gods |
| • | Pilgrimage Gods of the Royal Center |
| • | Household Gods |
| • | Ghosts and Spirits |
| • | Nagas |
| Bhaktapur's Pantheon As A System of Signs |
| • | A Final Remark |
| 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 |