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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
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.
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...
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...
Marital Patterns and Women's Economic Independence: A Study of Kham Magar Women
The article discusses the marriage patterns among the Kham speaking Magars of western Nepal. Unlike women in many Hindu groups in Nepal, Magar women exercise a fairly high degree of control over their...
Sitting in a Cave: An Analysis of Ritual Seclusion at Menarche Among Brahmans and Chhetris in Nepal
The article is based on a study area - Narikot village in the Kathmandu valley reports on research work from the period between 1972 to 1976. The article discusses Gupha basne. Gupha basne is a rite o...
Nepal: Hindu-Tribal Interface
The article explains how the Himalayas have long provided a contact zone for Hindus and diverse tribal groups. The term tribal sometimes carries connotations of primitiveness and social backwardness, ...
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