Structure and cognition [electronic resource] : aspects of Hindu caste and ritual / Veena Das. Das, Veena. G�rhyasutras Criticism, interpretation, etc. Puranas. Dharmaranya Purana Criticism, interpretation, etc. Caste India. Hinduism Rituals. DS422.C3 D27 2012 305.51220954 23 Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Aug. 15, 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. New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. 2012. 2012 Text 1 online resource. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198077404.001.0001 eng India.