See Also: Newar(encyclopedia)
Newar(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital- Medicine Lodge(health)
Orthomolecular medicine (orthomolecular nutritional medicine, orthomolecular therapy)(health)
medicine(dictionary)
medicine(1)(dictionary)
medicine(2)(dictionary)
medicine man(encyclopedia)
medicine(encyclopedia)

Tungidae (medicine) and Newar (sh)


Tungidae (medicine)


Tungidae
<entomology> A family of fleas containing the jigger or chigoe flea species, Tunga penetrans.


Newar (sh)




People living in the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal.

They make up about half the population of the valley. Most are Hindu, but some practice an Indian form of Buddhism. The Newar have a wide range of occupations; they have traditionally been noted as architects and artisans, the builders of the famous temples and shrines of Kathmandu. Painting and sculpture flourished among them in the 10th-16th centuries. The Newar population of Nepal is estimated to be about 540,000.