Caste and Kin in Nepal, India and Ceylon: Anthropological Studies in Hindu-Buddhist Contact ZonesChristoph von Fürer-Haimendorf Asia Publishing House, 1966 - 364 pages |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
SOCIAL MOBILITY IN THE NEWAR CASTE | 14 |
Chetri man of Bistachap village | 24 |
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acharya guthi Almora Amma association baha Bahadur Baragaon behaviour Bhatgaon Bhot binna Bista Brahman brothers Buddhist caste system ceremony Chetri claim clan co-husbands cultivation cultural approximation Darma Dingiri eastern Bhotias economic endogamy Etanwela father Gangahenwela gedera gonpa groups Gubhajus Gurkha Gurung hamlet Heen Banda hierarchy Hindu Hindu castes Hinduism History of Sikkim household husband immigrant India individual inheritance jajmans jharra Johar Johari Bhotias Jyapu Kalikote Kalu Banda Kandyan Kathmandu Khasiya Khatri kinship Kumaon Laggala lamas land Lepchas and Bhotias lineage living Maharaja marriage married Menik Rala middle-class mobility Nepal Nepal Valley Newar caste non-jharra Pabyuk Panchgaon parallel cousins parents partner peasants Phodang political polyandrous union polyandry population pujya Rajputs Rambukkoluwa Rana rank relationship rite ritual Sangh Shrestha siblings Sigmo Sikkim social society sons status Tamang Thak Khola Thakalis Thaksatsae Thakuri Tibet Tibetan Tikiri tion traditional tribal Tukche Uray village wife woman