Domestic Mandala

First published 2006 by Ashgate Publishing

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

Gray, John N., 1945-

Domestic mandala : architecture of lifeworlds in Nepal. -(Anthropology and cultural history in Asia and the Indo-Pacific)

1. Sacred space - Social aspects - Nepal 2. Symbolism in architecture - Nepal 3. Dwellings - Nepal - Religious aspects - Hindu 4, Architecture. Domestic - Nepal 5. Architecture and religion 6. Mandala - Social aspects - Nepal 7. Yantras

I. Title

306.6'945'095496

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Gray, John N., 1945-

Domestic mandala : architecture of lifeworlds in Nepal / by John Gray.

p. cm. -- (Anthropology and cultural history in Asia and the Indo-Pacific)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-7546-4538-X

1. Chhetris--Dwellings--Nepal--Kholagaun. 2. Chhetris-Nepal-Kholagaun-Social life and customs. 3. Mandala--Nepal--Kholagaun. 4. Architecture and cosmology. 5. Hindu cosmology. 6 Hinduism--Nepal--Kholagaun--Rituals. I. Title. II. Series.

DS493.9.C49G73 2006

305.891'495--dc22

2006002767

Transfered to Digital Printing in 2012

ISBN 9780754645382 (hbk)