Buch, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm
Aspects of Hindu Caste and Ritual
Buch, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm
ISBN: 978-0-19-562651-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Sociological analysis of Hindu caste and ritual has hitherto been confined to the empirical study of local communities. This work adds a new dimension to such analysis by basing its data on an examination of selected myths in Puranic and Sutra literature, in particular the Dharmaranya Purana and the Grihya Sutra, thus going to the sources of the ideology that have given local communities their particular shape and character.




