Contributions to Indian Sociology, Volume 10Mouton, 1976 - India |
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an essay on Punjabi kinship | 1 |
GEOFFREY BURKHART On the absence of descent groups among some | 31 |
LINA FRUZZETTI Is there a structure to north Indian kinship | 63 |
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affines alliance ancestors associated attio belief Bengali Bhadgaon bhai bhaiyat blood purity body bongso Brahmin brother caste ceremony chief mourner concept context Contributions to Indian corpse cosmic cremation cultural Dasain daughter death ritual deceased deity divine donor Dumont east Africa endowments face father festival geti ghat girl goddess gotra groups Gujarati Hindu Hinduism honours husband important impurity India Indian sociology Kathmandu king kinship kotiram Kṛṣṇa Kumari kutum liminality Madras male line marriage married meaning mother Nairobi Newar offered one's performed person pindas pitṛ pollution preta priest pūjā Punjabi Rāma redistributive reference relation relationship relatives religion religious rites rokto sacred sacrifice Sakya Sanstha seen sexual share Śiva social society south Indian south Indian temple structure Swami symbolic Taleju Tamil Nadu terminology tion tradition Udayars University utampu uuḍu uyir vakaiyara Vatuk village virgin Viṣṇuyajña woman women world of appearances worship yajña