Homo Connubialis Brahmanicus

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

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/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 14
1. Introduction No access Pages 15 - 32
1. 2.1. Critique of Dumont’s views on marriage relations among North Indian Brahmins in light of “Brahmarshi Vansha Vistar” No access
2. 2.2. Critique of Panji-Prabandha the practice of genealogical record-keeping among Maithil Brahmins No access
3. 2.3. Marriage relations among Bhumihar Brahmins and Maithil Brahmins No access
4. 2.4. Dogamia Brahmins No access
5. 2.5. Marriage relations among Bhumihar Brahmins and Saryupareen Brahmins No access
6. 2.6. Debate in the journal Bharat Mitra, Calcutta, 1916 No access
3. Conclusion No access Pages 61 - 80
Appendix I: Marriage Relations among Bhumihar Brahmins and Maithil Brahmins as recorded in Brahmarshi Vansha Vistar (Raghav S. Sharma 2003a:313-321) No access Pages 81 - 92
Appendix II: Marriage Relations among Bhumihar Brahmins and Saryupareen Brahmins as recorded in Brahmarshi Vansha Vistar (Raghav S. Sharma 2003a:321-325) No access Pages 93 - 96
Appendix III: Marriage Relations among Bhumihar Brahmins and Kanyakubja Brahmins as recorded in Brahmarshi Vansha Vistar (Raghav S. Sharma 2003a:325-329) No access Pages 97 - 104
Appendix IV: Marriage Relations among Tyagi Brahmins and Gaud Brahmins as recorded in Brahmarshi Vansha Vistar (Raghav S. Sharma 2003a:329-333) No access Pages 105 - 108
References No access Pages 109 - 122
Glossary No access Pages 123 - 124
Index of Persons No access Pages 125 - 126
Index of Concepts No access Pages 127 - 128
Index of Places No access Pages 129 - 130