Homo Connubialis Brahmanicus
Marriage Relations Among Brahmins as Described in the Work "Brahmarshi Vansha Vistar [History of Brahmins]"- Authors:
- Series:
- Bibliotheca Academica – Soziologie, Volume 13
- Publisher:
- 2026
Summary
The colonial (mis)understandings of Hindu society were reduced to rigid caste identities through caste narratives. By means of a discursive study of the text “Brahmarshi Vansha Vistar [History of Brahmins]”, first written by an indigenous scholar, Swami Sahajanand Saraswati, the book shows that the various Brahmin castes and sub-castes did not and do not have rigid boundaries inter-se. The monograph aims to reopen the debate and challenge the perspectives inherited in sociological and culture-anthropological research that resonate in postcolonial societies by examining identity formation in Indian society around which politics, electoral behaviour, horizontal social affiliations and fixed caste-based reservations are structured under the constitution.
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Bibliographic data
- Edition
- 2/2026
- Copyright Year
- 2026
- ISBN-Print
- 978-3-98740-333-0
- ISBN-Online
- 978-3-98740-334-7
- Publisher
- Ergon, Baden-Baden
- Series
- Bibliotheca Academica – Soziologie
- Volume
- 13
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 151
- Product Type
- Monograph
Table of contents
- Foreword by Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Acknowledgements
- The Author
- Abstract and Keywords
- 1. IntroductionPages 19 - 38 Download chapter (PDF)
- 2.1. Critique of Dumont’s views on marriage relations among North Indian Brahmins in light of “Brahmarshi Vansha Vistar”
- 2.2. Critique of Panji-Prabandha the practice of genealogical record-keeping among Maithil Brahmins
- 2.3. Marriage relations among Bhumihar Brahmins and Maithil Brahmins
- 2.4. Dogamia Brahmins
- 2.5. Marriage relations among Bhumihar Brahmins and Saryupareen Brahmins
- 2.6. Debate in the journal Bharat Mitra, Calcutta, 1916
- 3. ConclusionPages 71 - 94 Download chapter (PDF)
- Appendix I: Marriage Relations among Bhumihar Brahmins and Maithil Brahmins as recorded in Brahmarshi Vansha Vistar (Swami Sahajanand Saraswati 2003a:313-321)Pages 95 - 106 Download chapter (PDF)
- Appendix II: Marriage Relations among Bhumihar Brahmins and Saryupareen Brahmins as recorded in Brahmarshi Vansha Vistar (Swami Sahajanand Saraswati 2003a:321-325)Pages 107 - 110 Download chapter (PDF)
- Appendix III: Marriage Relations among Bhumihar Brahmins and Kanyakubja Brahmins as recorded in Brahmarshi Vansha Vistar (Swami Sahajanand Saraswati 2003a:325-329)Pages 111 - 118 Download chapter (PDF)
- Appendix IV: Marriage Relations among Tyagi Brahmins and Gaud Brahmins as recorded in Brahmarshi Vansha Vistar (Swami Sahajanand Saraswati 2003a:329-333)Pages 119 - 122 Download chapter (PDF)
- ReferencesPages 123 - 140 Download chapter (PDF)
- GlossaryPages 141 - 142 Download chapter (PDF)
- Index of PersonsPages 143 - 146 Download chapter (PDF)
- Index of ConceptsPages 147 - 148 Download chapter (PDF)
- Index of PlacesPages 149 - 150 Download chapter (PDF)
