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Brahmins and Shamans in Pahari Religion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2011

Gerald D. Berreman
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The roles of various castes (jatis) in Hindu religious activities have been of interest to many students of rural Indian society. As a result, we are quite familiar with the patterns of ceremonial activity of Brahmin priests and of other participants in Brahmanical ritual such as temple keepers of various castes, barbers, carpenters, musicians, etc. (Dube, 1955; Opler and Singh, 1948; Planalp, 1956; Srinivas, 1952). Many of these patterns of religious participation are described and prescribed in the Sanskritic literature of Hinduism, and so fall within the “great tradition” of Hinduism (Redfield, 1956).

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The Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 23 , supplement S1: Aspects of Religion in South Asia , June 1964 , pp. 53 - 69
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Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1964

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