Social Life in Nepal, 1885-1950 |
Common terms and phrases
according boys Brahmans Buddhists Calcutta caste celebrated ceremony Chandra Shumshere Chhetris child marriage clans classes custom dance Dasain daughter deceased deity demon Deva Shumshere Devi drama dress Durbar School English female festival gambling girls Goddess gold Gorkha groups Gurungs guthi hilly Hindu History of Nepal hunting husband India Indra Jatra Jung Bahadur Kathmandu valley kind king kingdom Kiranti known Krishna Kumari language Limbus lived Lord Shiva Magars Maharaja Malla married Muluki Ain Nepal Nepalese Nepali language Newars Northey and Morris observed occasion op.cit organisation ornaments palace Panchami Pandit Patan Pathashala performed popular practice priest Prithvi Narayan Shah Rana family Rana period recreation Regmi religious rice rituals Royal rupees Samskrit sari Sati Shah Sherpas Shrestha slavery slaves social society songs Tamangs teachers temple Terai Thakuri Thapa tigers took tradition tribes unmarried visited widow wife woman women wore worshipped