2 Constitution & Welfare of Weaker Sections · 2.1 Social stratification and caste

2.1.4 Features of caste: Ghurye's six features, jajmani system and purity–pollution

Caste is marked by segmental division, ranked hierarchy, rules on food, contact and marriage, and hereditary occupation; the ideas of purity and pollution justify the order, and the jajmani system tied castes together in the village economy.

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Key terms

  • Ghurye six features
  • segmental division
  • hierarchy
  • commensality
  • endogamy
  • Bougle
  • Louis Dumont
  • purity and pollution
  • kachcha and pakka food
  • jajmani system
  • William Wiser
  • Karimpur
  • jajman
  • kamin
  • balutedari
  • hypergamy
  • kulinism
  • manual scavenging
  • devadasi
  • temple entry

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