Land, lineage and state : a study of Newar society in mediaeval Nepal [First edition.] 9789937597272, 9937597277
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LAND, LINEAGE AND STATE A Study of Newar Society in Mediaeval Nepal
Prayag Raj Sharma
IJirnat. Books
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© Prayag Raj Sharma, 2015 Published by Himal Books for Social Science Baha
First edition, 2015 ISBN: 978 9937 597 27 2 Social Science Baha
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To The memory of my late father, Sri Juna Nath Pandit, and Sri Ishwar Raj Aryal (affectionately Sandaju), my late father-in-law.
Contents Abbreviations Diacritical marks Foreword Preface to the English Edition Preface to the Nepali Edition Chapter 1
Scope and Methods of Study
1
Chapter 2
Th-e ‘Dark Age* of Nepal’s Early Mediaeval Period
11
Chapter 3
Some Considerations on the Theories of Caste and the Background of the Licchavi State Chapter 4 The Early Mediaeval Period
19
41
Chapter 5
Brahman and Buddhist Society of Early Mediaeval Nepal: Alternating Decline and Ascendancy
68
Chapter 6
Lineage Structure and Caste Groups in Newar Society
119
Chapter 7
State and Society
155
Chapter 8
Newar Rites of Passage and Festivals
171
Chapter 9
Land, Lineage and State Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 Bibliography Index
194
207
213
Abbreviations
AS Bodhini CAS CE ff. f.n. (fn) GV Mss./ms. NS NV n,d. New. Nep. PNM RMVD RV SS VS
Abhilekha Sarhgraha Putrapautradibodhini Cangunarayanaka Aitihasika Samagri Common Era (Gregorian calendar) Following folios (pages) Footnote Gopalarajavam^avali Manuscripts/manuscript Nepala Samvat/Nepal era NyayavikasinI no date Newari Nepali Pumima Rudravarna Mahavihara RgVeda Sanskrit Samde^ah Vikrama Samvat
Diacritical marks and rules for Roman transliteration of Sanskrit, Newari and Nepali words
31
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(ka)
5
3n
(a)
(kha)
w
(ga) (gha) (na)
rT
!!T
(ta) (tha)
(ca)
U
(da) (dha)
(r)
(cha)
w
(na)
(e)
(ia) (I'ha)
’T
(pa) (pha)