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 |
![]() | Chapter Fourteen The Events of the Solar Cycle |
• | Introduction |
• | Ghya: Caku Sa(n)lhu [10] |
![]() | Biska: [20-29]: The Solar New Year Festival |
![]() | The Preliminary Preparations |
• | The First Day Start of the Bhairava/Bhadrakali Jatra [20]; The Struggle Between the Upper and Lower Halves of the City |
• | The Second Day |
• | The Third Day |
![]() | The Fourth Day |
• | The Fifth Day: Taking Down the Yasi(n) God—Beginning of the Solar New Year |
• | The Sixth Day: The Mahakali/Mahalaksmi Jatra |
• | The Seventh Day: The Brahmani/Mahesvari Jatra |
• | The Eighth Day. Feasting the Gods—Chuma(n) Gandya: Jatra |
• | The Ninth Day: Taking Down the Small Yasi(n) God—Final Phases of the Bhairava/Bhadrakali Jatra |
![]() | Approaches to Meaning |
![]() | 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 |
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REFERENCES |
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