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Assignment - 03 Law and Society: Write Short Notes in Not More Than 300 Words On: I. Guna Theory
Assignment - 03 Law and Society: Write Short Notes in Not More Than 300 Words On: I. Guna Theory
ii. Sanskritization
Prof. M.N. Srinivas, a well-known Indian sociologist, was the first to coin the
term "Sanskritization." In his book "Religion and Society among the Coorgs of
South India," he defined this idea as "cultural mobility within the
conventional caste system of Indian society." In his research into the Mysore
coorgs, he discovered that the lower castes were attempting to enhance
their standing in the caste structure by embracing certain Brahmin cultural
ideas. As a result, they abandoned some of their principles, which the
Brahmins see as unclean. He coined the word "Brahminization" to describe
this process of migration. He later referred to it as "Sanskritization" in a wide
sense. The word "Sanskritization" has been chastised for a variety of reasons,
and replacements have been offered, all of which appear to have
comparable drawbacks. One major objection is that these words indicate
that Brahmanical/Hindu/Sanskritic culture is a totalizing, monolithic entity
capable of superseding other, "weaker" traditions, which are fundamentally
diverse and fragile.
iii. Brahmanization