The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c14.47

c14.47

If we take into consideration this distinction between theory and practice brought about by the schematising influence of the Brahmanical lawbooks, there still arises a close approximation between the "proper" Brâhmaṇa of the Jâtakas and the Brâhmaṇa as we know him from the Brâhmaṇa texts and the lawbooks, and this, not because of the external division of life but through the fact that he fulfils the duties of a Brâhmaṇa and enjoys his privileges.