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Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh (early history)

by Prakash Narayan | 2011 | 63,517 words

India history
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This study deals with the history of Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh (Northern India) taking into account the history and philosophy of Buddhism. Since the sixth century B.C. many developments took place in these regions, in terms of society, economic life, religion and arts and crafts....

Chapter 4 - Social Process, Structures and Reformations

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Buddhist views on caste
Caste hierarchy as exhibited in the Buddhist texts
Terms of Categorization
High and Low strata in Buddhist texts
Regional Dimension of Stratification
Kula, Kamma, and Sippa: Inter-relation
Jati (status on account of birth)
Gotta (lineage affiliation)
Vanna (social identification)
Nati (extended kin-group)
Empirical Relevance of Vanna, Jati and Kula
The Buddhist View of Social Stratification: The Sangha
Stratification Outside the Sangha/Monastic fourwalls
Social Stratification Based on Kula, Kamma and Sippa
The Significance of the Gahapati in the Buddhist View of Stratification
Society at the time of Buddha
The Buddha and the Brahmanas in the Buddhist view
The Buddha and the Jains
The Buddha and the Paribbajakas
The Buddha and the Monks
The Buddha and the Gahapati
The Buddha and the Gamanis
The Buddha and the Extended Kin-groups
The Buddha and the Upasakas
The Buddha and the Others
Monks and Monks
Monks and Paribbajakas
Monks and Brahmanas
Monks and Kings
Monks and Extended Kin-groups
Monks and Gahapatis
Monks and Upasakas
Gahapatis and Jains
Gahapatis and Paribbajakas
Gahapatis and Brahmanas
Gahapatis and Kings
Gahapati and Gamanis
Gahapatis and Others
Gahapatis and Gahapatis
Brahmanas and Brahmanas
Brahmanas and Kings
Brahmanas and Paribbajakas
The Conceptual and Real Social Groups
Inter-Group Organization
Forms of Marriage and Unions
Kinship Grouping
The Household Group
Parents and Sons
Father-Mother and Daughter
Brother and Brother
Sister-sister
Brother and Sister
Husband and Wife
Mother’s Brother and Sister’s Son
Husband’s Parents and Son’s Wife
Other Relatives
Women in the Buddhist Discourse
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