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Title: Nāgas
Language of title: English
Author/Creator: John Draper
One Sentence Summary: The article focuses on nagas and their role in the day to day practice of religion in the Kathmandu valley.

Description: The article focuses on nagas and their role in the day to day practice of religion in the Kathmandu valley. The article contains three sections. The first is a descriptive account, for the ethnographic record, of events surrounding the alleged appearance of nagas at Char Ghare, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, in December and January 1983/84. The second section is an account of people's responses to and interpretations of the significance of these events. The third section is an attempt to come to grips with the significance of nagas more generally in the context of Nepalese religion. (Rajeev Ranjan Singh 2007-02-04)

Publisher Place: Kirtipur, Nepal
Publisher: Center for Nepal and Asian Studies
Normalized publisher place: Kathmandu
Publisher country: Nepal
Publisher URL: http://www.cnastu.org.np/
Published Date: 1986-04
URL: http://www.thlib.org/static/reprints/contributions/CNAS_13_02_03.pdf
Classification: Tibetan and Himalayan -- Journals -- Journals Focused on Regions -- Nepal -- Contributions to Nepalese Studies -- (1986) Vol. 13, no. 2
Cultural Coverage: Nepal
Language: English
Source: Contributions to Nepalese Studies
Source Editor: Kamal P. Malla
Source Type: Journal
Source Volume: 13
Source Number: 2
Source Page Numbers: 149-166
ISBN/ISSN: 3767574

Means of availability: Available online as a PDF within the Tibetan & Himalayan Library's bibliographic database.

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Media type: text
Resource Type: Article
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Date Last Modified: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
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