The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c9.s8.2

c9.s8.2

Among the many racial or social transformations that the literary documents of the Vedic complex exhibit none is more important than the elevation of the Vrātyas to the Brāhmaṇical fold or the Brāhmaṇization of the Vrātyas. This item is to be treated as distinct from the incorporation of the Non-Aryans into the Aryan community as well as the assimilation of the lower classes by the societal organisation. The impact of the Vrātya on the Vedic institutions represents new liberal tendencies of the Vedic authors.