Caste in India: The Facts and the System c8.s5.31

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c8.s5.31

Some purificatory *śrāddhas* (*goṣṭhī-śrāddha*) seem to be the ritualistic reflection of feasts celebrating the readmission of an offending member. In incorporating them in the series it was remembered that they were intimately related by their significance to the ancient family-repast.

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