Marriage and Rank in Bengali Culture
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Marriage and Rank in Bengali Culture

A History of Caste and Clan in Middle-Period Bengal

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eBook - ePub

Marriage and Rank in Bengali Culture

A History of Caste and Clan in Middle-Period Bengal

About this book

This title was originally published in 1976.
This title was originally published in 1976.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. CONTENTS 1
  5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  6. INTRODUCTION
  7. Chapter I CASTE, CLAN, AND COMMUNITY Jati (CASTE) AND Kula (CLAN) DEFINED
  8. Two CASTE AND CLAN SYSTEMS IN ONE
  9. Chapter II HISTORICAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE HINDU COMMUNITY MYTHS, CYCLES, AND STAGES
  10. KINGS VENA AND PRTHU: THE MIXING OF THE Varnas AND THE GENERATION OF THE BENGALI Jatis
  11. KING DISRA: THE COMING OF THE KULINA BRAHMANS AND KAYASTHAS AND VEDIC REGENERATION
  12. KING VALLALA SENA: ORGANIZATION OF THE BRAHMANS AND KAYASTHAS INTO TERRITORIAL JATIS (SUBCASTES) AND RANKED WORSHIP JATIS (GRADES)
  13. MUSLIM CONQUEST: MIDDLE PERIOD REORGANIZATION
  14. Chapter III WORSHIP AND THE TRANSMUTATION OF RANKS FEEDING THE GODS IMPROVES EMBODIED RANK
  15. WORSHIP OF THE BRAHMAN AND CASTE RANK
  16. WORSHIP OF THE KULINA AND CLAN RANK
  17. Chapter IV KULINA WORSHIP KULINAS WORSHIP KULTNAS
  18. SROTRIYAS AND MAULIKAS WORSHIP KULTNAS
  19. REALIZATION OF RANK IN THE COUNCIL
  20. CONCLUSION
  21. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  22. INDEX