Structure and Cognition Aspects of Hindu Caste and Ritual
Structure and Cognition Aspects of Hindu Caste and Ritual
- ISBN 13:
9780195626513
- ISBN 10:
0195626516
- Edition: 2nd
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 05/30/1991
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary
The winner of the prestigious G.S. Ghurye Award for Indian sociology, this analysis of Hindu caste and ritual departs from conventional empirical studies of local communities by drawing on selected myths in Puranic and Sutra literature, particularly the Dharmaranya Purana and the Grihya Sutra.