Structure and cognition [electronic resource] : aspects of Hindu caste and ritual / Veena Das.
Material type: TextPublication details: New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.Edition: 3rd edDescription: 1 online resourceISBN:- 9780199081172 (ebook) :
- 305.51220954 23
- DS422.C3 D27 2012
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.
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