Structure and Cognition: Aspects of Hindu Caste and Ritual
Das, VeenaAuthor
New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press,
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.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Aug. 15, 2012).
Gr̥hyasutras
Puranas.
Caste
Hinduism