| Notes | n. 1) special worship performed by the Kusles or jogīs in front of the house usually on the fifth or seventh day of death in the family. A wide variety of food items are prepared by the daughter/s of the deceased, which are then offered on small plates made of leaves. The offerings are separated into two sets: one to be fed to the crows while the other to the preta. Jogīs are invited to perform the Jogīcakra worship in front of the house. Jogīs put the food items inside a bhyagaḥ, a potbellied earthen pot, placed on a seat made of thick rings of straw to perform this worship. Nyānumā is the vernacular term for the ritual if it is performed on the fifth day and nhaynumā if performed on the seventh day (Munaṃkarṃī VS 2046: 25-26). 2) worship performed by the kanaphaṭṭā jogīs by offering a sacrifice of a duck to a certain deity or an object of worship. They also perform the worship in a similar manner but employ a series of earthen pots placed on a seat made of thick rings of straw in the process (Munaṃkarṃī VS 2046: 29). |
