Abbreviations
| BJP |
Bharatiya Janata Party |
| CE |
Common Era |
| CPI(M) |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| CSP |
Congress Socialist Party |
| CUP |
Cambridge University Press |
| Inf. |
Informant |
| Lit. |
Literally |
| Maly. |
Malayalam |
| MM |
Matthew Martin |
| Nepa. |
Nepali |
| Newa. |
Newari—Bhaktapurian dialect |
| NWPP |
Nepal’s Workers and Peasants Party |
| NSA |
Nityāṣodaśikārṇava |
| OUP |
Oxford University Press |
| RSS |
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (Party) |
| SA |
Śeṣasamuccaya |
| Skt. |
Sanskrit |
| TS |
Tantrasamuccaya |
| VS |
Vikram-Sambat (Hindu lunar calendar) |
| § |
Section sign used in the text to denote a sub-section or chapter |