Witzel, Michael
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Abstract
The Kashmiri Brahmins, usually called Pandits, constitute one single group, the Kasmira Brahmanas, without any real subdivisions. They form, according to Bühler, the first Indologist to visit the Valley, one unified community: they 'interdine' (annavyavahara) and they also teach each other (vidyavyavahara, vidyasambandha). But not all of them intermarry (kanyavyavahara, yonisambandha), which is the real test of belonging or not belonging to a single community ...
| Document type: | Article |
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| Date: | 1995 |
| Version: | Primary publication |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Feb 2008 14:59 |
| DDC-classification: | Religions of Indic origin |
| Controlled Keywords: | Kaschmir, Brahmanen, Kultur, Religion, Geschichte |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Kaschmir , Brahmanen , Kultur , Religion , Geschichte, Kashmir , Brahmins , Religion , History |
| Subject (classification): | Religion and Philosophy |
| Countries/Regions: | India |
| Series: | Personen > Kleine Schriften von Michael Witzel |
| Volume: | 6 |
