Newar caste system is the system by which Newārs, the historical inhabitants of Kathmandu Valley, are divided into groups on the basis of Vedic varna model...
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Newari Banias (Devanagari: बनिया) are a Bania caste from the Newar community of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. The name Bania is derived from the Sanskrit...
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The Nepalese caste system was the traditional system of social stratification of Nepal. The Nepalese caste system broadly borrows the classical Hindu Chaturvarnashram...
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towards caste have historically diverged from and rejected those of Hinduism in several ways.: 128 Buddhism is integrated into the Newar caste system among...
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is one of the Caste of Newar community in Nepal. It is an ancient caste of Nepal. Kapali caste are found in various parts of Nepal. Newar Kapalis predominantly...
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non-monastic Buddhist society based on the Newar caste system and patrilineality. The ritual priestly (guruju) caste, vajracharya (who perform rituals for...
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Shresthas (category Newar caste system)
श्रेष्ठ) or (Newar: स्यस्य: Syaśya or श्रेष्ठ Shrestha) is the second largest Newar caste group, occupying around 21% of overall Newar population, or...
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constituted the former Newar kingdom of the Nepal Mandala. Unlike other common-origin ethnic or caste groups in Nepal, the Newars are regarded as an example...
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Chitrakar (category Newar caste system)
Chitrakar (Devanagari: चित्रकार) is a caste within the Newar community of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. The Newar caste system is divided according to profession...
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Vajracharya (category Newar caste system)
remained popular among the Newar people of Kathmandu valley. Indonesian Esoteric Buddhism Jain Mahatma Newar caste system Rig'dzin Dorje (2001) Dangerous...
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Urāy (Nepali: उरे) (alternative names: Udaaya, Udās) is a Newar Buddhist merchant caste of Kathmandu in Nepal. They are a prominent community in the business...
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Tamrakar (redirect from Tamta (caste))
ताम्रकार) is a caste of coppersmiths and other metal casters found in Nepal and India. In Nepal, the Tamrakars are found among the Newar community of the...
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Newar (English: /nəˈwɑːr/, 𑐣𑐾𑐥𑐵𑐮 𑐨𑐵𑐲𑐵, nepāla bhāṣā) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Newar people, the indigenous inhabitants of Nepal...
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Buddhist scholar Newar caste system, a community in Nepal and North India Shakya (surname), a surname used by some agricultural castes in Uttar Pradesh...
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Ranjitkar (category Caste system in Nepal)
Chhipaa or Ranjit) is one of the castes of Newar. The Newari caste system is divided according to profession. The Ranjitkar caste is concerned with the dyeing...
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Dangol (category Newar caste system)
(Associate Professor, Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences) Newar caste system Maharjan, https://nepalfederalismdebate.wordpress...
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Rajkarnikar (category Newar caste system)
Jeri, Swari, and Haluwa. Rajkarnikars are Newar and have their own caste system. The caste-system for Newars are based on profession. They are in Kathmandu...
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Shrestha (category Newar caste system)
Śrēṣṭha (Newar: श्रेष्ठ) is a Nepali surname, which means "most excellent” or "great” in Sanskrit. It is one of the eponym surnames used by those belonging...
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A caste is a fixed social group into which an individual is born within a particular system of social stratification: a caste system. Within such a system...
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Lakhey (category Newar)
prominently in the traditional Newar culture of Nepal Mandala. The Lakhe tradition is found in the Kathmandu Valley and other Newar settlements throughout Nepal...
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Classical Newar (Modern Newar: pulāṃ bhāy, "old language") also known as Old Newar or Classical Nepal Bhasa, is an umbrella term used to refer to the vernacular...
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Pradhan (category Newar)
surname. Newar caste system stratifies them under Kshatriya varna, and the pan-Nepal 1854 Muluki Ain stratification placed the Chatharīya Newars among the...
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Kathmandu valley and later assimilated into the existing Newar caste system of Rajbhandari – a high-caste Chathariya/Kshatriya clan of Kashyapa gotra. Their...
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ISBN 978-0-19-827960-0. Rosser, Colin (1966). Social Mobility in the Newar Caste System. In Furer-Haimendorf. Bista, Dor Bahadur (1967). People of Nepal....
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Newār window (Nepali: नेवार झ्याल; newār jhyāl) refers to the elaborately carved wooden window which is the distinguishing feature of traditional Nepalese...
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Newar art is the art form practiced over centuries by Newar people. The pictorial art consists of: Paubha Wall paintings (murals) Paintings on the walls...
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Tuladhar (category Newar caste system)
Tulādhar (Devanagari: तुलाधर) is a Nepali/Nepalese caste from the Newar community of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. The name Tuladhar is derived from the...
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Dhimay (category Articles containing Newar-language text)
Dhimay, Dhimaya (Newar: धिमय्) or Dhime is a traditional Nepalese drum of the Newar people. According to the Hornbostel–Sachs classification, it belongs...
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Majipa Lakhey (category Newar)
dance must still be performed easily and gracefully. Ranjitkar Lakhey Dance Newar Nepal Newari Dance Pradhan, Prerna. "Sacred Space, Spectacle and Being Visible:...
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Newar architecture or Newa architecture is an indigenous style of architecture used by the Newari people in the Kathmandu valley in Nepal. Newar architecture...
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