Visvamitra and the Construction of Brahmin Power in Hindu Mythology
by
Adheesh A. Sathaye
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2015
What does it mean to be a Brahmin, and what could it mean to become one? Over the years, intellectuals and dogmatists have offered plenty of answers to the first question, but the latter presents a cultural puzzle, since normative Brahminical ideology deems it impossible for an ordinary individual...