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Structure and Cognition: Aspects of Hindu Caste and Ritual
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Das, Veena, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Caste--India.
- Caste.
- Hinduism--Rituals.
- Hinduism.
- Gr̥hyasutras--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Gr̥hyasutras.
- Puranas. Dharmaranya Purana--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Puranas.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Edition:
- 3rd ed.
- Other Title:
- Structure and Cognition, Third Edition
- Structure and cognition
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Sociological analysis of Hindu caste & ritual has primarily been confined to the empirical study of local communities. In this work the author adds a new dimension by basing her data on an examination of selected myths in Puranic & Sutra literature, in particular the Dharmaranya Purana & the Grihya Sutra.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Aug. 15, 2012).
- ISBN:
- 9780199081172 (ebook) :
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