The sacred town of Sankhu : the anthropology of Newar ritual, religion and society in Nepal / by Bal Gopal Shrestha.
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TextPublication details: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (xxiii, 615 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 144383825X
- 9781443838252
- 1299659020
- 9781299659025
- Sānkhu (Nepal) -- Religious life and customs
- Vajrayoginī (Buddhist deity) -- Cult
- Hinduism -- Relations -- Buddhism
- Buddhism -- Relations -- Hinduism
- Hindu worship, rites & ceremonies
- Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography
- Film, TV & radio
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology of Religion
- Buddhism
- Hinduism
- Interfaith relations
- Vajrayoginī (Buddhist deity) -- Cult
- Nepal -- Sānkhu
- 306.6/095496 23
- BL2034.3.S34 S57 2012
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 555-579) and index.
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This book presents a detailed view on Newar society and culture, its socio-economic, socio-religious and ritual aspects, concentrating on a single Newar town of Sankhu in the Valley of Nepal. The foundation of the town of Sankhu is attributed to the godde.
TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS; LIST OF TABLES AND CHARTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION; ABBREVIATIONS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; APPENDIX TO CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; APPENDIX TO CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; APPENDIX TO CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; GLOSSARY; INDEX
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