By Adheesh A. Sathaye
There is, notwithstanding, one awesome determine within the Hindu mythological culture who's stated to have reworked himself from a king right into a Brahmin by means of collecting nice ascetic strength, or tapas: the ornery sage Visvamitra. via texts composed in Sanskrit and vernacular languages, oral performances, and visible media, Crossing the traces of Caste examines the wealthy mosaic of legends approximately Visvamitra came upon around the Hindu mythological culture. It bargains a accomplished ancient research of the way the "storyworlds" conjured up via those a number of tellings have served to evolve, improve, and toughen the social identification of real-world Brahmin groups, from the traditional Vedic prior as much as the hypermodern present.
Using a performance-centered method of situate the construction of the Visvamitra legends inside of particular ancient contexts, Crossing the strains of Caste finds how and why mythological tradition has performed an energetic, dialogical function within the building of Brahmin social strength over the past 3 thousand years.
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