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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
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...
Cultural Repercussions of Childlessness and Low Fertility in Nepal
The article discusses childlessness in a Hindu context. A discussion of childlessness amounts to a discussion of an extreme - a negative end point in the spectrum of life's possibilities. The Brahman-...
Concepts of Illness and Curing in a Central Nepal Village
The article gives an account of the concepts of illness and curing in a central Nepal village. This description of illness and its treatments is based on research carried out in the village of Dhungag...
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