01449nam a2200313 a 4500 EDZ0000093399 StDuBDS 20150804193936.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 120815s2012 ii fo| 000 0 eng|d 9780199081172 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS DS422.C3 D27 2012 305.51220954 23 Das, Veena. Structure and cognition [electronic resource] : aspects of Hindu caste and ritual / Veena Das. 3rd ed. New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. 1 online resource. 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). Caste India. Hinduism Rituals. G�rhyasutras Criticism, interpretation, etc. Puranas. Dharmaranya Purana Criticism, interpretation, etc. Print version 9780198077404 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198077404.001.0001 37669 37669