Classifying the Universe

Auteur: Smith, Brian K. (Associate Professor in Religious Studies, Associate Professor in Religious Studies, University of California, Riverside)
Editeur: Oxford University Press Inc
This is a comprehensive examination of the `varna' system - a classificatory scheme laid out in the classical Hindu Vedic literature and thought to underlie the concept of caste, which continues to exert a powerful and pervasive influence over Indian life.

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This is a comprehensive examination of the `varna' system - a classificatory scheme laid out in the classical Hindu Vedic literature and thought to underlie the concept of caste, which continues to exert a powerful and pervasive influence over Indian life.
ISBN / EAN 9780195084986
Auteur Smith, Brian K. (Associate Professor in Religious Studies, Associate Professor in Religious Studies, University of California, Riverside)
Editeur Oxford University Press Inc