RAS Global AffairsЛатинская Америка Latinskaia Amerika

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ON THE ISSUE OF THE CASTE EXOGAMY

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S0869-54150000616-0-1
DOI
10.7868/S50000616-0-1
Publication type
Article
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Published
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Volume/ Edition
Volume / Issue №3
Pages
3-19
Abstract
The article examines the issue of caste exogamy, which remains understudied in the scholarship on Indian traditional society. The scholarly concept of varna/caste rests on the acceptance of endogamy as its main shaping criterion. Yet the Brahmanic social teachings do not put forward the varna/jati endogamy as an end in itself; on the contrary, they specifically stress the role of exogamy of kin groups within a jati. The author offers an interpretation of notions of "jati" and "exogamy" as key for understanding the mechanism of the caste organization formation.
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Date of publication
01.06.2009
Year of publication
2009
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719

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