Himalayan Anthropology
Author: James F. Fisher
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2011-06-24
Total Pages: 585
ISBN-13: 3110806495
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Author: James F. Fisher
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2011-06-24
Total Pages: 585
ISBN-13: 3110806495
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Gopal Singh Nepali
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Published: 1965
Total Pages: 506
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Bal Gopal Shrestha
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2012-03-15
Total Pages: 635
ISBN-13: 144383825X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book presents a detailed view of Newar society and culture, and its socio-economic, socio-religious and ritual aspects, concentrating on the Newar town of Sankhu in the Valley of Nepal. The foundation of the town of Sankhu is attributed to the goddess Vajrayoginī, venerated by both Buddhists and Hindus in Nepal and beyond. Myths, history, and topographical details of the town and the sanctuary of the goddess Vajrayoginī and her cult are discussed on the basis of published sources, unpublished chronicles, and inscriptions. The book deals with the relation between Hinduism and Buddhism, with the interrelations between the Newar castes (jāt), caste-bound associations (sī guthi), and above all with the numerous socio-religious associations (guthi) that uphold ritual life of the Newars. All major and minor Newar feasts, festivals, dances, fasts and processions of gods and goddesses are discussed.
Author: Gérard Toffin
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Published: 2007
Total Pages: 472
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Carol Genetti
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2009-02-26
Total Pages: 618
ISBN-13: 3110198819
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Grammar of Dolakha Newar is the first fully comprehensive reference grammar of a Newar variety. Dolakha Newar is of particular interest as it is member of the mutually unintelligible eastern branch of the family, so allows for an important comparative perspective on this significant Tibeto-Burman language. In addition to a chapter on phonetics and phonology, the book contains a separate chapter on prosody. There are also distinct chapters on each word class, with full discussion of the morphological and syntactic properties of each class. The book provides an extensive study of syntax, including complete chapters on constructions, clause structure, constituent order, grammatical relations, nominalization, complementation, the participial construction, and the complex sentence, as well as a detailed chapter on tense and aspect. Brimming with examples from natural discourse, the book couples rigorous description of the language's structures with full discussion of how the structures are used in connected speech. Each analysis is presented with full argumentation and competing analyses are contrasted and discussed. The result is a rich, readable, and beautifully argued portrait of a language and how it works.
Author: Bal Gopal Shrestha
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Published: 2015
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789937623339
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David N. Gellner
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9788185618135
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Robert Isaac Levy
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 829
ISBN-13: 9780520069114
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A first-rate anthropological study of Hinduism. . . . The scholarship is clearly of superior quality. There is no study with the [same] kind of comprehensive breadth and treatment.Robert Levy and Kedar Rajopadhyaya show us how to do anthropology at this time in our history."--Triloki N. Pandey, University of California, Santa Cruz "I have no doubt that Mesocosm will become a classic in South Asian anthropology and Indology--leaving aside its implications for our understanding of other traditional cities in ancient European and Middle Eastern as well as more recent Oriental civilizations. . . . A very welcome and clear ordering of the very detailed and complex material."--Michael Witzel, Harvard University
Author: Christopher Jay Manders
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 215
ISBN-13: 0557674255
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is a compilation of grammatical notes about the language of the Newars, known as Nepal Bhasha and Newari, particularly that form spoken in Kathmandu. This book also provides an introduction to two of the more popular non-Devanagari writing systems, Newar phonetics, and a brief history of the language.
Author: J. R. Subba
Publisher: Gyan Publishing House
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 574
ISBN-13: 9788121209649
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSIKKIM, the tiny Himalayan Kingdom came in existence in 1642 A.D. with a much larger area than it was in 1975 A.D. before it s integration in the Kingdom was the whole of Limbuwan, now the eastern most part of Nepal, southern parts of Tibet Autonomous region of China from Nathu La and Jelep La to the Tang La beyond Phari Jong, western Bhutan up to the watershed range between the Ammo Chu Valley and Har Chu Valley, and the northern plains of West Bengal as far south as Titalaiya and Purnea of Bihar. The Kingdom disintegrated in eight phases in different period of time when it s considerable areas were annexed by Bhutan, Nepal, China and British India of those days, and was finally integrated as one of the States of Indian Union in 1975 A.D. thereby loosing it s identity as a Himalayan Kingdom. The book provides insight into the history of its existence as the Himalayan Kingdom and it s disintegration in various phases, ethnicity, culture and customs of the people of Sikkim.