Newar Society: City, Village, and Periphery

according activities areas association Balāmi belong Bhairava Bhaktapur Brāhmaṇ Buddhist called carried caste century ceremonies changes Chapter clan close collective concerned considered cremation cult culture dance death deity dhimay divinities especially ethnic fact farmers feast festival fields five four functions funeral give goddess groups guthi head Hindu household important India initiation instance Jyāpu Kathmandu Valley king kinship Lalitpur land lineage living locality lower Maharjan male Malla marriage married month Nepali Newar offered organisation origin Pahari peasants performed period person play population present priests procession Pyangaon quarter Rājopādhyāya religious represented rice ritual role royal rule settlement situation social society sometimes specific status structure Swagumi temple territorial tion Toffin town traditional twāḥ units urban various village whole women worship young