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К ВОПРОСУ ОБ ЭКЗОГАМИИ КАСТЫ

Успенская Елена Николаевна

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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 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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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 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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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 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.

Key concepts: Exogamy, Endogamy, Caste, Scholarship, Interpretation (philosophy), Sociology, Population, Anthropology

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