 | Vijai P. Singh - 170 pages
...two, to rise to a higher position in the hierarchy by adopting vegetarianism and teetotalism and by Sanskritizing its ritual and pantheon. In short, it...far as possible, the customs, rites and beliefs of Brahmins and the adoption of the Brahminic way of life by a low caste seems to have been frequent,... | |
 | Carol-Lynne Moore, Kaoru Yamamoto - Performing Arts - 1988 - 330 pages
...or two, to rise to a higher position in the hierarchy by adopting vegetarianism and teetotalism, and Sanskritizing its ritual and pantheon. In short, it...and beliefs of the Brahmins, and the adoption of the Brahminic way of life by a low caste seems to have been frequent . . ,"53 In the United States social... | |
 | Seymour Martin Lipset, Reinhard Bendix - Social Science - 1991 - 348 pages
...two, to rise to a higher position in the hierarchy by adopting vegetarianism and teetotalism, and by Sanskritizing its ritual and pantheon. In short, it...as possible, the customs, rites, and beliefs of the Brahmans, and the adoption of the Brahmanic way of life by a low caste seems to have been frequent,... | |
 | Bernard Barber - Social Science - 1993 - 534 pages
...able, in a generation or two," says Srinivas, "to rise to a higher position in the hierarchy ... by Sanskritizing its ritual and pantheon. In short, it...possible, the customs, rites, and beliefs of the Brahmins. . . ."69 In general, "Sanskritization" shows that the mobile individual or caste group accepts the... | |
 | John Scott - Political Science - 1994 - 448 pages
...two, to rise to a higher position in the hierarchy by adopting vegetarianism and teetotalism, and by Sanskritizing its ritual and pantheon. In short, it...and beliefs of the Brahmins, and the adoption of the Brahminic way of life by a low caste seems to have been frequent, though theoretically forbidden. This... | |
 | Michael Vinding - History - 1998 - 520 pages
...two, to rise to a higher position in the hierarchy by adopting vegetarianism and teetotalism, and by Sanskritizing its ritual and pantheon. In short, it...and beliefs of the Brahmins, and the adoption of the Brahminic way of life by a low caste seem to have been frequent, though theoretically forbidden. This... | |
 | Kathleen M. Blee, France Winddance Twine - Law - 2001 - 418 pages
...a higher position in the hierarchy by adopting vegetarianism and teetotalism, and by Sanskritising its ritual and pantheon. In short, it took over, as...and beliefs of the Brahmins, and the adoption of the Brahminic way of life by a low caste seems to have been frequent, although theoretically forbidden."... | |
 | William F. Fisher - Social Science - 2001 - 320 pages
...or two, to rise to a higher position in the hierarchy by adopting vegetarianism and teetotalism, by Sanskritizing its ritual and pantheon. In short, it...possible, the customs, rites, and beliefs of the Brahmins. . . . This process has been called "Sanskritization." (1952:30) as ritually dominant. These factors... | |
 | Govind Sadashiv Ghurye - India - 1976 - 444 pages
...two, to rise to a higher position in the hierarchy by adopting vegetarianism and teetotalism, and by Sanskritizing its ritual and pantheon. In short, it...and beliefs of the Brahmins and the adoption of the Brahminic way of life by a low caste seems to have been frequent, though theoretically forbidden. This... | |
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A low caste was able, in a generation or two, to rise to a higher position in the hierarchy by adopting vegetarianism and teetotalism, and by Sanskritizing its ritual and pantheon. In short, it took over, as far as possible, the customs, rites, and beliefs... 