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Embodying the Vedas : traditional Vedic schools of contemporary Maharashtra
1 January 2017
Summary
"This book presents the results of a study of the traditional education and training of Brahmins through the traditional system of education called gurukula as observed in 25 contemporary Vedic schools across the state of Maharasthra. This system of education aims to teach Brahmin males how to properly recite, memorize and ultimately embody the Veda. This book combines insights from ethnographic and textual analysis to unravel how the recitation of the Vedic texts and the Vedic traditions, as well as the identity of the traditional Brahmin in general, are transmitted from one generation to the next in contemporary India"--Page 4 of cover.
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india study skills study and teaching maharashtra brahmanism vedas hinduism and education
