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... origin legend of such an upstart Rajput stratum , if , for example , an interested European relates it . No true Brahman or Rajput would dream of treating the new fel- lows as his peers . Alas , time and wealth make a difference . Large ...
... origin legend of such an upstart Rajput stratum , if , for example , an interested European relates it . No true Brahman or Rajput would dream of treating the new fel- lows as his peers . Alas , time and wealth make a difference . Large ...
Page 103
... origin from caste mixture , hence from concubinage . Finally , schisms may simply result from the failure to settle all sorts of internal disputes . This is strongly disapproved of as a reason for caste fission and is usually concealed ...
... origin from caste mixture , hence from concubinage . Finally , schisms may simply result from the failure to settle all sorts of internal disputes . This is strongly disapproved of as a reason for caste fission and is usually concealed ...
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... origin in the soteriology of a cultured laity in so far as it developed a form of systematic monastic education of the laity , which soon generated into con- vention . The sons of good families were accustomed - presumably since ...
... origin in the soteriology of a cultured laity in so far as it developed a form of systematic monastic education of the laity , which soon generated into con- vention . The sons of good families were accustomed - presumably since ...
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India and Hinduism | 3 |
Caste and Guild | 33 |
The Social Rank Order of the Castes | 44 |
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