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List of Tables, and Figures=ix
List of Plates=xi
Preface=xiii
Introduction=1
Part I: General Approaches=19
1. Max Weber, Capitalism, and the Religion of India=19
2. What is the Anthropology of Buddhism About?=45
3. Religion, Politics, and Ritual:Remarks on Geertz and Bloch=61
Part II: The Legitimation of Religious Specialists=85
4. Priesthood and Possession:Newar Religion in the Light of Some Weberian Concepts=85
5. Monkhood and Priesthood in Newar Buddhism=106
6. The Newar Buddhist Monastery:An Anthropological and Historical Typology=134
7. 'The Perfection of Wisdom':A Text and its Uses in Kwa Bahah, Lalitpur=179
Part III: From Soteriology to Worldly Benefits=197
8. Priests, Healers, Mediums, and Witches:The Context of Possession in the Kathmandu Valley=197
9. Portrait of a Tantric Healer[with Uttam Sagar Shrestha]=221
10. Lay Perspectives on Health and Misfortune in the Kathmandu Valley=235
Part IV: Hinduism and History=251
11. Hinduism, Tribalism, and the Position of Women:The Problem of Newar Identity=251
12. From Mandalic Sacred Centres to Communist Strongholds? On the Cities of the Kathmandu Valley=276
13. Does Symbolism 'Construct an Urban Mesocosm'? Robert Levy's Mesocosm and the Question of Value Consensus in Bhaktapur=293
Part V: Comparison=319
14. For Syncretism:The Position of Buddhism in Nepal and Japan Compared=319
15. Temples for Life and Temples for Death:Observations on Some Shingon Buddhist Temples in Tokyo=336
References=348
Index=375