Caste and Ritual in a Malwa Village |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
MALWA THE COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE | 13 |
KIN GROUPS AND VILLAGE COMMUNITY | 37 |
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accept animal Bagri Bargunda bath behaviour believed belonging Bhambi Bhangi Brahmin caste community caste groups castes of Groups ceremony Chamar clean commensal considered cultivators Darji dead deity Desha Chamar dharma Dhobi Dholi dietary relations drink dwija endogamy everyday exogamy feast festivals Ghurye Gosain gotra Gujerati Gujerati Chamar Gujerati Lohar hierarchy Hindu Hinduism household Hutton important India jati kachcha food karma Khati Kshattriya kula Kumhar land living Lohar Madhya Bharat Mali Malwa Malwi Malwi Balai Malwi Chamar Malwi Kumhar Malwi Lohar marriage married Nath Jogi normal observed occupation Palliwal Bania panchayat pangat performed person pooja Potlod village priest Purabi Thakur pure purificatory purity and pollution Rajput Rama regarded region religious rites ritual purity ritual status ritually impure ritually unclean rules sacred Sanskrit shrine Sindhia Srigaur Brahmin Srinivas Sudra teetotal Teli temple tion traditional callings Ujjain untouchable Vairagi Vaishnava Vaishnava varna village community village habitation women worship