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Structure and cognition - [3rd ed.]

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  • Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Structure and cognition : aspects of Hindu caste and ritual
  • Contributor: Das, Veena [VerfasserIn]
  • imprint: New Delhi ;; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012
  • Issue: 3rd ed.
  • Extent: 1 online resource
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198077404.001.0001
  • ISBN: 9780199081172
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  • Keywords: Gr̥hyasutras Criticism, interpretation, etc ; Puranas Dharmaranya Purana Criticism, interpretation, etc ; Caste India ; Hinduism Rituals
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  • Footnote: Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Aug. 15, 2012)
  • Description: 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.