RELG 252 Lecture : Social Structure in Hindu Sanskrit Texts

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To discuss: social structure in hindu sanskrit texts. The sanskrit textual canon and the brahmanic social order. It means eternal and beyond the concept of time: ever-existent knowledge, eternal. It is called apauruseya, literally means not crafted by man . This knowledge ends with the upanisads (included) which is why they are also called vedanta (end of the veda). speci c temporal and spatial contexts. Smrti, contrarily to upanisads or vedas, have speci c authors, often mythological or semi-divine gures. Gita and the ramayana as well as the puranas. Valmiki, the mahabharata, attributed to the sage vyasa, and the manusmrti, attributed to the lawgiver manu. But these are actually texts that have been always works in progress for centuries, forming strata (des strates). By the time we get to the medieval period, the social status of scribes in india was very very low The sanskrit language developed by c. 2400 bce.

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