Conflict, identity and narratives : the Brahman communities of western India from the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries
Popular perception and analyses of Hinduism and Indian society tend to focus on a largely monolithic image of the Brahmans. They emphasize the supremacy of Brahmans over other classes in social and religious domains, and attribute this supremacy mainly to their superior ritual status as members of t...
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2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2010-12-2082 |