Homo Connubialis Brahmanicus: Marriage Relations Among Brahmins as Described in the Work &quot;Brahmarshi Vansha Vistar [History of Brahmins]&quot;

Dr. Pratyush Kumar

doi:10.5771/9783987401909

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: 1/2025
Copyright year: 2025
ISBN-Print: 978-3-98740-189-3
ISBN-Online: 978-3-98740-190-9
Publisher: Ergon, Baden-Baden
Series: Bibliotheca Academica – Soziologie
Volume: 13
Language: English
Pages: 130
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/InhaltsverzeichnisPages 1 - 14 Download chapter (PDF)
1. IntroductionPages 15 - 32 Download chapter (PDF)
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1. 2.1. Critique of Dumont’s views on marriage relations among North Indian Brahmins in light of “Brahmarshi Vansha Vistar”
2. 2.2. Critique of Panji-Prabandha the practice of genealogical record-keeping among Maithil Brahmins
3. 2.3. Marriage relations among Bhumihar Brahmins and Maithil Brahmins
4. 2.4. Dogamia Brahmins
5. 2.5. Marriage relations among Bhumihar Brahmins and Saryupareen Brahmins
6. 2.6. Debate in the journal Bharat Mitra, Calcutta, 1916
3. ConclusionPages 61 - 80 Download chapter (PDF)
Appendix I: Marriage Relations among Bhumihar Brahmins and Maithil Brahmins as recorded in Brahmarshi Vansha Vistar (Raghav S. Sharma 2003a:313-321)Pages 81 - 92 Download chapter (PDF)
Appendix II: Marriage Relations among Bhumihar Brahmins and Saryupareen Brahmins as recorded in Brahmarshi Vansha Vistar (Raghav S. Sharma 2003a:321-325)Pages 93 - 96 Download chapter (PDF)
Appendix III: Marriage Relations among Bhumihar Brahmins and Kanyakubja Brahmins as recorded in Brahmarshi Vansha Vistar (Raghav S. Sharma 2003a:325-329)Pages 97 - 104 Download chapter (PDF)
Appendix IV: Marriage Relations among Tyagi Brahmins and Gaud Brahmins as recorded in Brahmarshi Vansha Vistar (Raghav S. Sharma 2003a:329-333)Pages 105 - 108 Download chapter (PDF)
ReferencesPages 109 - 122 Download chapter (PDF)
GlossaryPages 123 - 124 Download chapter (PDF)
Index of PersonsPages 125 - 126 Download chapter (PDF)
Index of ConceptsPages 127 - 128 Download chapter (PDF)
Index of PlacesPages 129 - 130 Download chapter (PDF)