REQUIRED
WORK:
== Stein, pp. 52-54
== Embree, vol. 1, pp. 7-26:
"Brahmanical
Tradition, Vedic Period"
== The Vedic "purusha" basis
of the caste system, as seen from the bottom-- Viramma: A Pariah's Life
(1997),
reviewed by Alison Karasz in the NYR: on the *CU
website*
== The Vedic "purusha" basis
of the caste system, as seen from the top-- "My Ganges Never Runs Dry:
Caste System in the Indian Society," by Dr. P. Jayaraman, in Bhavan's
News (New York) 25 (Dec. 2005): on the CU website: *page
1*; *page 2*
== A. A. Macdonell, "On the
Vedic Deities," an introductory excerpt from his famous Vedic Reader
for Students (1917): read sections 7-10, and the sections about "Agni,"
"Vishnu," "Indra," and "Rudra," on the *CU
website*
