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A Brief Survey of the Organization and Structure of Nepali Law Courts during the Third Quarter of the Nineteenth Century
This article analyzes the organization and structure of Nepali law courts during the third quarter of the nineteenth century. The article discusses the work of Shri Satis Kumar who wrote Rana Polit...
Testing Nepali as a Second Language
The article examines the competence level in writing Nepali of different groups at the primary school level, comparing the competence of those who speak Nepali as a first language (NL1) with that of t...
Review of Marc Gaborieau, Le Nepal et ses populations, Editions complexe, P. U. F. Bruxelles, 1978, pp. 312 maps, tables, photographs.
This is a review by Michael Opptiz of Marc Gaborieau, Le Nepal et ses populations, Editions complexe, P. U. F. Bruxelles, 1978, pp. 312 maps, tables, photographs.
Review of Dixit, Hemang, ed., 1978, Medical Bibliography of Nepal, Kathmandu: Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine, Research and Review Division
This is a review by Linda Stone of Dixit, Hemang, ed., Medical Bibliography of Nepal
Food Symbolism in Hindu Nepal
The article studies food symbolism in Brahman-Chhetri culture. This study attempts to reveal a consistency in the symbolic uses of food in various realms of Brahman-Chhetri life. Actually food in Brah...
Licchavikālakā Vidvān Anuparam: Unko Parivār ra Dharma
The article discusses the life and work of the scholar Anuparam. He was a literary figure of the Licchavi period. The Licchavi period is seen as the golden era of Nepal when Sanskrit was the common la...
Madhyakālakā śurukā kehī Abhilekh
The article gives a report on abhilekhs found in different places. It includes detailed descriptions of the four abhilekhs of the period after Licchavi known as madhyakal, or medieval period. The four...
The Iconography of Chiwong Gomba
The article describes the old but still very active monastery Chiwong Gomba in the southern Solu region. It discusses the features of the monastery with its physical setting as well as the art work an...
Economic Relationships between Occupational Castes and High Castes in Central Nepal
The article studies the economic relationships between occupational castes and high castes in central Nepal. In this article the Kami, Sarki, and Damai are termed occupational castes. The study area i...
Newar Kinship Terms in the Light of Kinship Typology
The article studies the Newar kinship system using both of the main methods of classifying kinship systems. One classifies according to the terms used for addressing one's cousins and the other classi...
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